According to the magazine's description, the interviewee was a friend of the missing persons, who told the reporter that the students were members of the school's Mystery Enthusiasts Club before they disappeared. Their hobby was supernatural phenomena, and before they disappeared, they had taken a mysterious photo.
The reason that prompted them to take the photo was a feature in a paranormal magazine.
At that time, unlike now, although the age of science had already begun, superstition was still rampant. Things like qigong and mediums were popular, referred to as supernatural science, and there were even scholars researching these topics (whether they were frauds or fools is unknown), believing they could explain things like souls or feng shui from a scientific perspective. Thus, at the time, supernatural research was not seen as a peculiar hobby in society; in fact, due to its nature, it attracted considerable discussion.
