I□v□s□i□at□rslearnedthatthegrouphadbeenfr□endsfo□years,bu□recentlythereha□□eente□siona□□□gt□em.R□morso□dis□□reemen□s□nd□rgumentsdurin□t□etrip□egant□surface□lea□ingaut□orit□estospeculatewhe□herfou□playwasinvolved.Ea□h□e□berof□hegrou□ha□adiffere□□storytotell,and□he□□cons□ste□ci□□inth□ir□ccountsonlyaddedt□them□st□ryo□th□□is□ingnine. Inv□s□□g□□orslearn□dtha□theg□ouph□□be□nfrien□sforye□□s,butrecen□□□therehad□eentensionamongthem.Ru□orsofdisagree□entsandar□u□entsd□ring□h□tr□pbeg□nto□urfac□,le□dingauthor□tiesto□peculat□whe□herfou□pl□ywasinvolved.□ac□□□mbe□ofthegrouph□□adiff□ren□st□□□totell,andthe□n□onsistencies□n□h□irac□ountso□l□addedtoth□m□st□ryofthemis□ingnine□<□p> In□estig□torslearne□that□h□grouphadbee□friendsforyears,□□trecentlytherehadb□entens□onamon□th□m.□umorsofdisagreement□andargumentsdur□□gthetr□pbegantosurface□l□adingautho□itie□□os□e□ulate□het□erfoulp□ay□asinv□lved.Eachme□berofthe□rouphadadiffere□□storyt□tell,andthei□c□nsi□tenc□esin□heiracc□untsonlyaddedtothemysteryo□themissingni□e.□/p><□□□nvest□gatorsl□□r□ed□hatthegrouphadbe□nfr□endsfo□yea□s,bu□recentlyt□ereha□beentensionamongt□□m.Rumorso□di□agree□□ntsanda□gumentsdu□ingthetri□bega□to□urfa□e,leadinga□thoritiestospecu□at□whetherfoulplaywasinvolved.Eachme□berofthegrouphadad□ffe□e□ts□oryt□tell,andth□□nco□sis□enciesintheiraccountson□yadde□t□them□s□ery□ft□emiss□ngnin□.□□p> Investigat□rslearnedthatth□group□adbeenfriendsfory□ars,bu□recentlytherehad□□□nte□sio□a□ongthem.□umorsofdisagreement□an□argumentsduringthetripb□□antos□rface,leadi□gauthor□tiestos□e□ulatewhe□her□oul□laywasin□olv□d.Eachmem□erof□hegro□phadadi□ferentstoryto□□ll,andtheinc□nsistenciesi□theiraccountsonlyaddedto□hemyst□ry□ft□□mis□ingn□ne.<□p>