Inv□s□igatorsle□rnedthatthegrouphadbeenfriend□foryears□butrece□tl□t□□r□had□e□□t□ns□onamongthem.Rumorsofdisagree□ent□and□rgumen□□d□□ingthetripbegantosurface□leadi□gauthoriti□stospec□l□tewhetherfoul□l□ywasinvolved.Eachm□□□eroft□□gro□phadadifferent□tor□t□tel□,and□h□□nconsist□n□iesin□heirac□ounts□nlyaddedtothem□steryofthemissingnine. Inv□□tigatorslear□edthatth□gr□uph□db□enf□iendsforyears,bu□□ecentlyther□□□dbeentensio□amongth□m.Rumor□□fdisag□□ements□nd□rguments□uring□hetripbegantosur□□ce,□eadi□g□uthoritiestospecula□e□hetherfoulplaywasinvolved.Each□em□erof□heg□ou□□a□adif□erentsto□yt□tell□and□hei□consi□ten□ies□n□he□ra□coun□sonlyad□ed□□th□mysteryofthemissingnine.□/p> Investigatorslearnedthatthe□rouphadbeenfri□n□sforyears,□□tre□entlythereh□db□ente□sionamongthem□□umor□ofdisagr□ementsandar□um□nts□uringth□tri□□□ga□to□urfac□,le□dingaut□orit□estospecula□□□□etherfou□pl□yw□sinvo□ve□□Eachmemberofth□grouphadadif□erent□t□ryto□ell□andthe□nconsistenci□sintheiracco□□tsonlyadded□othe□ysteryof□hemissi□gnine□<□p>□p>In□estigatorslear□edt□□tt□e□r□uphadbe□nfriendsfor□ears,but□ecentl□there□a□beente□s□□n□mon□them.Rumorsofdisagreem□ntsa□da□gu□en□□du□i□□thetrip□eg□ntosurfac□,le□□ingauthoritie□tos□ec□la□□whetherfoulpl□□□asinvo□ved.Eac□□emb□rofthegrou□hadadiffere□tstoryt□tell,an□t□ei□consistenciesin□heira□cou□t□onlyaddedto□hemysteryofthemi□sing□□ne.