I□□estigato□slear□ed□hatthegrouphad□eenfr□e□dsforyears,b□trecent□yther□□a□be□□□ension□mon□□hem□Rumors□fd□sagreeme□tsandar□u□□□tsduringthe□□ipbeg□nt□surfa□e,leadinga□tho□itiestospeculat□wh□ther□ou□playwasi□volve□□Eachmemberofthe□□oupha□adiff□rentstorytot□□l,a□dthein□onsistenciesintheiracc□u□tso□lyaddedtothemysteryofthemiss□□gnine.□> I□□e□t□gat□rslearned□h□tth□g□ouphadb□□n□rien□sforyears□butre□e□tl□therehadbeente□sionamongthem.Rumors□fdi□agree□en□s□n□ar□u□entsd□ringthet□ipbegantosurface,lead□ngauth□ritiestospecula□□whetherfo□lplaywa□inv□l□e□□Eac□member□□thegro□phadadiff□r□nts□□ryt□t□□l,a□d□hein□o□□istenciesintheirac□□u□tsonly□ddedt□t□e□y□teryo□themi□singnine. Invest□ga□orslea□nedthatthegrouphadbeenf□ien□sforye□rs,butr□centlyth□reh□dbee□tensi□□□mongthem.□umorso□disagreemen□san□argumen□sduringthetripbegantosurface,leadingautho□□tiestospecul□□□wh□th□rfoulplaywasinv□lved.Eachm□mberofthegrouphada□i□f□r□□tsto□ytotell,andtheincons□st□nciesinth□irac□ountsonlyaddedto□hemystery□fthemissi□g□ine. I□ve□ti□ators□ea□n□dthatthegro□phadbeenfriendsfo□year□,butrecentlytherehadbeen□en□i□namong□h□m.□um□rsofdi□agr□ementsa□d□rguments□uringthetr□pbegantosurf□ce,leadingaut□or□t□est□spe□u□atewhetherfoulplaywasin□olved.Eachm□mber□ft□eg□□uphadadif□e□entstoryt□tell,a□dtheinc□□sistenci□sintheiraccount□on□yadded□o□hemyst□ryofthemissingnine.□> In□□stig□torslearnedt□atthegrouphadbeenfri□ndsforyears,bu□re□entl□therehadbe□n□ension□mo□gt□□m□□umorsofdis□greements□ndargumen□sduringthetripb□gantosurface,l□adi□gauthori□ies□osp□cu□at□whet□e□f□ul□lay□asinvol□ed.□achme□be□of□□egroup□adadifferentstorytotel□,□nd□heinconsist□ncies□n□□ei□accounts□nly□dd□dtoth□myste□yoft□emissingnine. Inv□□tigatorslearnedtha□thegrouph□dbee□friendsforye□rs,butrecentl□there□□dbeent□□sio□amon□them□Rumo□sof□is□greementsandarg□mentsduringthetr□pbega□to□urface,leadingauthorities□o□peculate□□etherfo□lplaywasinvolved.Eachmemberof□hegrou□□adadifferentstory□otell,andtheinconsist□nc□es□nt□□iracc□□nt□onlya□d□dtothemystery□f□he□issingni□e.