As□hes□a□ch□ontinued□c□yp□icclu□sstar□edt□emerge,□d□inganother□a□e□ofintrigu□tothecase.Symbolsca□v□□□n□otree□,s□rangemarki□gsonrocks,a□dcryptic□otes□eftbehindonl□dee□enedthemys□erysu□roun□in□the□iss□n□nine.Weretheseclue□inte□tio□allyleftb□hin□,orwerethey□implyapr□duc□ofthegr□up'sparanoiaandunr□velingst□teof□ind? A□thesearchc□ntin□ed,cryp□iccluess□artedt□em□r□e,a□ding□no□he□laye□ofint□ig□etothec□se.Symbolscarvedintotrees,stra□□emarki□gsonr□ck□,andcrypt□□not□sleftbeh□nd□n□ydee□ene□th□myster□sur□□u□dingthemissingnine.Were□he□eclues□ntention□lly□eftbehind,orw□retheysimplyap□oductofthegr□up'sp□rano□aandunrave□ingstate□fmind? As□h□se□rchcontinued,crypticcluess□arted□oemer□e,a□di□ganoth□rlayerofi□tri□uetothe□a□e.S□mbols□arvedintot□ees,stra□gemarkingsonrocks,a□□crypticno□esleftb□□i□donly□e□pe□edthemystery□urroundi□gthe□iss□□gni□□.Were□hese□luesintentionall□l□ftb□hind,□□werethe□si□plyap□oductoft□egro□p'□□a□□no□□andunra□elingst□teofmin□? A□thes□arch□onti□ued,crypti□clue□starte□toeme□g□,addinganotherlayerofin□riguetothecase□Symbolsca□□edin□otrees,s□ra□ge□arkingsonrocks□andc□□pticnotesleftbehin□onlyde□p□nedt□emyster□su□rou□□□ngthem□□s□ngnine□Werethe□ecluesintentionallyl□ftbehind,orweretheys□mplya□roduc□ofthegrou□'sparanoiaandun□av□l□ng□ta□eof□ind?