I□ve□t□gat□rs□□arnedth□ttheg□ouphadbeenfrien□sfo□ye□rs,butrec□□□lyt□erehadbeentensionamongthem.Rumorsof□isagreem□ntsandar□u□entsd□ri□gthetripbeg□ntosurfac□,□eadingauthoritiesto□□□culatewhetherfo□□playwa□involved□Eachmemberofthegrouph□dadi□□erentsto□ytotell,□ndtheincons□ste□ci□s□n□heir□cco□n□sonlyadde□to□hemys□eryo□them□ssingnine.□/p> I□vestigato□sle□rned□hatthe□rouphadbeenfriendsfor□□a□s,butrec□□tlythereha□be□ntensionamongt□em.Rumor□□fdisagree□ent□andargum□ntsd□ringt□etri□begantosu□f□c□□leadingauthoritiestospeculate□heth□rfoulpla□wasin□olved.Eachmemberof□hegrou□hadadifferen□storyt□tell,□nd□□einconsist□ncie□□nth□□raccoun□□onlyad□edtothemysteryofth□missingnine.<□p><□>□nvestigat□rslearnedthatthegro□p□adb□enfriends□oryears,bu□re□entlytherehadbeentension□m□n□th□m.□umorsofdisagreementsandargum□□tsdu□ingthetrip□egan□o□ur□ace,□eadin□a□tho□itiest□specu□a□ewhetherfoulplaywas□nv□lved.Eachme□bero□t□eg□ouph□d□□ifferentstoryt□□e□l,a□d□heinc□nsi□tenciesintheira□count□o□ly□ddedtoth□mys□ery□fthemissingnine.<□p> Investig□t□rslear□edthatthegroupha□□e□nfr□e□d□forye□rs,b□tr□centlyt□□reha□beenten□ionam□ngthem□Rum□rsofdis□gre□m□□tsan□argument□dur□□gthe□ripbegantosurface,l□a□i□gautho□i□ie□tospec□late□hetherfoulplaywasinvolve□.Each□e□berof□hegroup□adadifferentstorytot□□l,andt□einconsistenciesin□heiraccou□tso□lyad□edtothemyst□ryo□themissi□g□ine.□/□> I□vest□□atorslearne□that□□egro□□hadbee□f□iends□oryears,□utr□centlyt□□reh□□b□ente□sionamongthe□.R□morsofdi□agreements□nd□rgumen□s□urin□the□ripbeg□n□osur□ac□,leadingauthori□ies□□specul□t□whetherf□u□p□a□wasinvolved.Eachmemb□□ofthegro□phada□if□erentstorytotell,□ndtheinconsistenciesintheira□countsonlyaddedtothemysteryofth□mis□i□gn□ne. Inves□i□atorslearne□t□atthegrouphadbeenfriends□oryea□s,bu□recentlythere□adb□entens□on□mong□h□m.□umorsofdisagreem□ntsandargu□entsdurin□t□etrip□egant□surfac□,□□a□ingaut□or□tiesto□pec□latewhe□□□rfoulplaywas□nv□□ved.E□chmemberoftheg□oup□ada□ifferentsto□ytotell,□ndthe□nc□nsisten□ies□n□h□iracc□untsonlyaddedtothemy□teryofthemiss□ng□ine.<□p>