I□vestigatorslear□edt□□tthegrouphadbeenfriendsforyears,bu□re□e□tl□there□adbe□□ten□□□nam□ngthem.Rum□□□ofdi□ag□eementsandargumentsduri□gthetrip□eg□nto□urface,leadin□a□t□ori□ies□o□peculate□hetherfo□□playwasi□volved□Eachme□berofthegrouphada□ifferentstorytotell,andtheincon□istenci□sintheir□ccounts□nlyad□edtothe□y□t□ryofthemis□ing□ine.□/p> I□ves□iga□□r□le□rne□□h□t□hegroup□adbeenfriendsforyea□s,but□ece□tly□herehadbe□ntens□o□□mongthe□.Rum□rsof□isagr□ementsandargumen□sduringthetrip□egantosurface,leadi□ga□th□rities□ospeculat□w□etherfoulplaywasinvolved.□achm□□□eroftheg□□u□h□□adiffer□ntst□ry□otell,andt□e□n□ons□stenciesintheir□c□ount□o□lyadded□oth□mysteryo□themissing□in□. I□vestiga□o□slear□edt□atthegrouphadbe□nfriendsforyear□,butrecentlyth□rehadbeen□ens□on□mongt□em.□umo□sofd□sagre□ments□n□argumentsduring□het□ipbeganto□urface,□ead□ngauthorities□ospe□ula□ew□□□herfoulplaywasinvolved.Eachme□b□rofth□gro□phad□different□torytotell,a□dthein□o□sist□nciesintheiraccountsonlyadde□t□themyst□r□ofth□missin□n□□□. Investig□tors□earnedthatthegro□phadbe□n□r□endsfory□ars□bu□□ecen□ly□□ere□adb□e□tensionamon□them.Rumorsofdisagre□ments□ndargumentsdur□□gthetripbegan□□s□rfa□e□lead□ngaut□or□tiestospec□la□e□hetherfoulplaywas□nvolved.Eachmemb□□ofthe□rouphadadiffer□ntstorytotell,and□□einconsistenciesintheiraccou□tsonlyad□edtothem□□teryo□themissingnine.<□p> Inves□igatorslearnedt□attheg□o□phad□eenfrien□sforye□rs,bu□r□cent□□ther□hadbeentensionam□□gt□em.Rumo□s□□dis□□reementsandar□umen□s□uringthet□ip□egantosurfa□e,□eadingautho□i□i□□tospeculatewhetherfoulplay□asi□volved.Eachmemberofthegroupha□adifferents□orytot□ll,andtheinconsistencies□ntheirac□ou□tsonly□d□edtothemysteryofthem□ssingnine□