□nvestigatorslearne□th□tthegrouphadbeenfriends□□r□e□rs,butre□entlythere□adbeentensio□amongth□m.R□m□r□of□i□a□reem□ntsa□dar□u□□n□sduring□hetripbegantosur□ace,leadingaut□ori□iestospeculatewh□t□e□fo□lplayw□sinvolved.Eachme□□erof□hegrouphadadifferen□□torytotell,an□theinco□siste□ciesintheirac□ountsonly□dde□□□□hemyste□yof□hemissing□ine□ □nvestigatorslearnedthatthegrouph□dbeenfriendsfo□years,bu□re□ent□yther□hadbeen□e□siona□o□gt□em.□umorsofdisagreement□□□□a□□ument□dur□ngthetr□pb□gantosurface,le□din□au□□oritiest□sp□c□latewheth□rfou□p□ayw□sinvol□□d.Eachme□□erofthegr□up□adadifferen□sto□□□otell,andtheincon□iste□ci□s□nthe□r□□□ountsonlyaddedtothem□ste□yofth□□issingnine.□/p>□p>Inves□igatorslea□□edthatth□g□ouph□□beenf□iendsforyear□□butrecently□herehadbeentens□onamong□hem.Ru□or□of□isagre□mentsan□argu□e□tsduringthetripbegant□surface,leadingaut□orit□est□s□eculate□hetherfoulplaywas□nvo□ved.Eachmemberofthe□rou□hadadi□fere□ts□□□ytotell,andth□inco□sis□enciesinthei□a□co□n□sonlyaddedtothemyst□ryofthe□iss□□gnine.□> □nvestigatorsl□arnedthat□hegroup□ad□eenfriendsfor□ears,butrecentlythe□ehad□e□□t□nsionamongt□em.R□□orsofdisag□ee□entsandar□uments□u□in□t□etripbe□antosur□ace,leadingauth□r□tiestospeculatewh□the□foul□laywasinvolved.Eachmemberofthegrou□had□differentst□ryt□tell,andt□□□nc□nsis□enc□esin□he□r□cco□ntsonly□□dedtothemyste□yofthemiss□ngni□e. Investigatorslearnedthatth□group□□dbee□□□□en□□for□ears,butrecently□h□reh□dbeentensionamongthem□Rumo□sofdisagreementsa□□□r□umentsd□ringth□tripbegan□o□u□fa□e,l□□dingaut□ori□ies□□specu□at□whether□ou□□l□ywasinv□lved.Eac□memb□rof□□egroup□adadifferent□torytotel□□andtheinco□□□stencie□i□theiraccountsonlyaddedtot□□my□tery□fthemissingnin□.□> Investi□ators□earnedthatthegr□upha□be□nfri□ndsforyears,butrece□t□yt□erehadbeent□n□ionamo□gth□m.Ru□ors□fdisagreementsan□ar□u□e□tsduringt□etrip□egantosurface□□eadin□authoritiesto□peculat□whetherfoulpl□y□□si□volved.Eachm□mber□f□hegrouph□dadiffere□ts□ory□otell,andtheinconsist□ncies□n□heiraccount□o□lyadded□othemysteryofth□missin□nine.□>