□□e□earchte□mss□ouredtheislan□,combin□throu□ht□edense□ores□andalongthesho□el□n□foranysignso□themissinggroup.□□eirbelon□ingswe□ef□□ndscatteredne□rtheircampsite,butther□wasnot□aceof□□□nineind□vi□uals.As□□e□oursturn□dintod□ys,th□investi□ationstartedtouncove□somepuzzl□ngdeta□l□a□outthegr□up's□ctiv□tiesleadinguptothei□disa□pearanc□. These□rch□eamsscouredth□island□c□mb□ngthroughthedens□fo□esta□dalo□gth□sho□elinef□ranysig□so□the□issinggrou□.T□eirb□lon□ings□□refoundscattere□neartheirc□mpsit□,butth□rew□snot□aceofthenine□ndividua□s□□sthehoursturned□ntod□□s,theinvestiga□io□st□r□edtoun□ove□somepuz□lingdetailsaboutthegroup'sactiv□tiesleadinguptoth□i□disappearan□e. Thesearchteamsscouredtheis□□□d,com□ingth□oughthed□□seforestand□□ongthesh□relin□f□r□nysignsofthemissi□ggroup.Theirb□l□□ging□werefoun□scatt□redneartheircampsite,□u□therewasn□tr□ce□f□h□ninein□ivid□□ls.A□thehoursturned□ntodays,t□einvest□gatio□□ta□t□dto□ncov□rsom□□□□zlingd□tailsaboutt□egroup's□ctivitiesleadinguptothei□di□ap□ea□ance. T□esearchteamsscoured□he□s□and,combing□hrou□hthede□sefo□estan□alongth□shorelinefo□any□ig□softhemissinggroup.Their□□lon□i□gsweref□□ndscatteredn□□rtheircampsite,butthere□asn□□raceoft□□nineindivid□als.Asthe□ourst□□□edintodays□th□□□vesti□ationstartedtouncoversomepuzzlin□details□boutthegroup'sactivit□esleadinguptot□□i□di□appeara□ce.