□nvestigatorsl□arne□thattheg□□up□adbee□f□□endsforye□rs,butrecent□ythereh□dbeen□ensionamong□hem.Rumorsofdi□□□re□□□nts□ndargumentsdu□ingthetripbegantosurf□ce,le□d□ngau□ho□i□iestospecu□atewhe□herfoulplaywasinvolve□.Eac□m□□berofthegrou□hada□if□er□□□st□rytotell□and□heincon□□st□nci□s□ntheiraccountso□lyaddedtothemys□eryoft□emissingnine.□/p> Investi□ato□s□e□rnedthattheg□ouph□db□enfriendsforye□rs□b□□recentlythere□adbeen□ension□mongt□□m.Rumors□fd□sagree□entsandargu□ent□duringt□etri□be□a□□o□□rf□c□,leadingauthoritie□tospec□latewh□the□foulplay□asin□olved.Eac□me□□erofthegrouphadad□fferents□orytotel□□andtheinconsis□encie□intheiraccountsonlyaddedtothemy□tery□ft□□m□ssingnine.□> Investi□□□ors□earnedt□at□hegro□phadb□e□friendsfo□□ears,butrecentlyt□erehadb□□nte□□ionamongthem.Rumorsofdisa□reementsand□rgument□duringthetr□pbegantosurface□leadingauthor□t□e□tosp□cu□atewhetherfoulplaywa□□nvolv□d.Eachmemberofthegrouph□dadiffer□ntstor□tote□l,□□dtheinconsistencie□in□heiraccount□□n□yaddedtothemysteryofthe□issingnine. Investigatorsl□ar□edthatt□e□r□uphad□een□rie□□□foryea□□□b□t□ecentlytherehadbeen□□ns□on□m□ngthem.Rumorso□disagreem□□tsand□rgumentsduringth□tripbegantosurface,□eadi□gau□horit□estospeculat□□he□herfoulplay□as□nvolv□d□Eachme□berofth□g□ou□hadadiff□re□tstorytotell□andtheinconsistenciesi□theira□□ountsonl□□ddedto□hemyst□ryofth□missingnin□.□/p> In□esti□ato□slearnedtha□□he□ro□phadbeenfriendsforyears,butrec□ntlytherehadbeent□□sionamon□them.Rumorsofd□sa□reementsand□□gumentsd□□ingthet□ipbeg□nto□u□face,leadin□authorit□esto□p□□□l□□ewhethe□foulpl□ywasinvolved.Eachmemberof□hegroupha□adifferentstor□tot□□l,□□dtheinconsis□enciesintheira□countsonlyadd□dtothem□□□□□yofthemissingnine.