A□thesearch□ontinued,crypticclue□start□dtoemerge□a□di□g□notherlayerofintri□u□tothec□se.Symbolsc□rvedintotrees,stra□gemarkin□sonrocks□andcryp□icno□esleftbehind□nlydeepened□hemyster□sur□oundingthe□i□singnine.Were□hesecluesintentionallyleftbehind,orwer□theysi□plyaproductofthegro□p'spa□a□oi□andu□ravel□ng□tateofmind? A□the□e□rchcon□inued,□ryp□iccluesstartedtoemerge,a□din□anotherlayerofint□□gue□ot□ecase.Symbo□scarvedi□□ot□e□s,s□□angem□rking□onroc□s,and□rypticnote□left□ehin□onlyd□ep□□edthemysterys□rr□undin□themissi□gnin□.Weretheseclues□nte□t□onal□yleftbehind,□rweretheysimpl□aproduc□□ft□egroup'sparanoiaandun□avelingstate□fmind?<□p> Asthesea□chconti□□□d□crypticclue□□ta□tedtoemerge,addinganothe□layerof□nt□□guetot□ecase.S□mbo□sc□□vedi□totre□s,st□angema□kingsonro□ks,andcrypticno□esleftbehindo□l□deepen□dthemysterysurroundingthem□ssingnine.□ere□hesec□uesint□nt□onall□leftbehind,orwerethey□□mplyaproduc□ofthegroup'sparanoia□ndu□ra□elingstat□ofmind? □st□esear□hcontin□ed,c□ypticclu□s□tartedtoe□erge,□ddingan□therlayer□fintri□u□tothecase.Symbolsc□rvedint□trees,strangemarkingson□oc□s,andc□yp□icnot□s□eftbehindo□lydeep□nedth□myste□y□ur□□und□n□the□is□ingn□ne.W□rethese□□uesinten□i□nal□yleft□□h□nd,o□weretheysi□ply□productofthe□roup'sparanoi□andunra□e□ing□□a□eof□i□□?□□p>