In□esti□atorsle□rnedth□□□hegro□ph□dbeenfr□endsf□□ye□rs,butr□c□ntlyther□hadbee□ten□ionamongthem.Rumorsofdisagreement□□ndargumentsduring□□etr□pbe□antosurface,leadingau□hori□□es□□spec□latewhether□□u□pl□yw□sinvolv□d.E□ch□emberoftheg□□up□adad□ffer□nts□orytot□l□,an□t□ein□o□s□s□enc□□si□their□c□ountso□lyadde□□othemysteryofthemissingnine. Invest□gators□earn□dth□tthegroup□a□beenfrie□d□foryear□,butrecentlytherehadbeentensionamongthem.Rumorsofd□sag□eementsa□dargume□□sd□□ingthe□ripbe□ant□□urface□l□□din□authorities□ospecu□atewhetherfoul□la□wasin□olved.Eachmemberof□hegrouph□dadifferentst□r□t□□ell□andtheinconsist□ncies□□their□ccou□tsonlyad□□dtothemys□e□y□fthe□□ssingnine□<□□> □nvestigatorslea□□edthat□hegrouph□□been□□i□ndsfory□□rs,bu□rec□ntlythere□ad□eent□n□ionamongt□em.□umo□□o□□isagreements□ndargumentsduringthetripbegan□osurface,□eadin□authori□□□sto□pec□l□tewhether□oul□laywasinvolved.E□□hmemberofthegrou□ha□adiffere□□storytot□ll□an□thein□o□sist□nci□sintheiracco□ntsonlyaddedtothemysteryofthemis□ingnine. I□ves□ig□torslearnedthatthe□□ou□□adbeenf□i□n□sforyea□s,□utrecentlyt□erehadbe□ntensionamongthem.Rumorsofd□□agreeme□ts□ndargum□nt□duringthe□ripb□gantosurface,leadingau□□oritiestospecula□□wh□□herfoulplaywasinvo□ved.Eac□□emberofthegrouphad□d□fferentst□rytote□l,andthein□onsistenciesintheir□ccountso□□yad□edtothemysteryoft□emissingn□ne. □nvestigatorslearn□dthatthegrouphadbeen□ri□n□sforyear□,butrec□ntlytherehadbee□□en□i□namo□gthem.Rumorsofdi□a□reementsandargu□□ntsdur□ng□he□ri□be□antosurface□□eading□uthoritiestospeculatewh□therf□ulplaywasinvolved.Ea□hm□mberof□□egrouphada□iff□rentstorytot□□l,andth□in□on□istenc□e□intheiracc□untsonlyadd□d□o□hemys□□ry□fthemissin□nine.□/p□