Inves□igatorslear□edtha□thegroup□adb□enfriendsf□ryears,□□trecentlytherehadbeentensionamongthem.Rumor□ofdisa□re□ments□nd□rg□mentsduringthetrip□e□antosur□ace,leadingauthoritie□tospec□latew□□therfou□playwasinvolved.Eac□mem□ero□thegrouphada□□ffer□□tsto□ytotell,□n□t□e□nc□ns□stenciesintheir□cc□□nt□onlyad□edtoth□mysteryof□hemissingnine. In□es□igatorslearnedthatthegrouphadbe□nfrie□dsfor□ears□b□trecentl□ther□ha□beente□s□□namong□hem□Rumorsofdis□greementsan□ar□umentsdur□n□thetripbegantosurface,lea□in□author□□ie□tos□□□ul□tewhe□he□fo□□playwasinvolv□d.Eachmemberofthegrou□hadadifferentstory□ote□l,andt□einco□sisten□i□□□nthe□raccoun□sonl□adde□tothemys□□ry□f□hem□ssingnin□. I□vestigatorsle□r□edtha□t□egro□phad□eenfriend□□ory□a□s,butrece□□lythere□adbeentensio□amongthem.R□mor□ofdisagreemen□san□argumentsd□r□ngt□etripbe□antosurfa□e,leadi□gauthori□iestosp□□ulatewh□therfoulpl□y□a□i□vo□ved.Ea□hm□mberofthegr□u□hadad□f□erents□oryto□ell,andtheincons□stenciesinthe□r□ccountsonlya□d□dtothemy□teryoft□emissin□nin□.□/p> I□vestigatorslea□□edthat□hegrouph□dbeenf□i□ndsf□ryea□s,butrecently□here□□dbeen□ensionamo□gthe□.Rumorso□d□sagreeme□tsand□rgum□ntsduringthet□□pbegan□os□rface,le□dingautho□itiestospec□latewhe□herfoulp□ay□asi□volved.Each□ember□ftheg□□uphadad□f□er□n□storytotell,andthei□consist□nciesint□eira□countsonlyaddedto□hem□ste□yofthemissingnin□. Investig□tor□learned□hattheg□ouphad□□enfriendsfo□□ears,bu□□ecen□lyt□er□hadbeen□e□siona□ong□h□m.Ru□orsofdisagr□□□entsan□arg□□ent□du□ing□h□tri□began□o□u□□a□e,leadinga□thorit□est□speculat□whethe□foulpl□ywasi□v□lved□Eachm□mb□rof□h□grou□had□d□□□erentstor□totell,andtheinco□sistenciesintheira□coun□s□nlyaddedto□hemyster□□fthem□ssingnine□□/p>