Brandon Swanson was last seen in the early hours of May 14, 2008 leaving a friend's house in Canby, Minn. . And if he was picked up by someone, surely he would tell his dad, who he was on the phone with at the time? I havent heard of David Paulides before, but will take a look at his writing. The accident probably scared him and sobered him up. At the time he went missing, he was 185 pounds. Thats the first and only time Ive read anything like that about this case to be honest, so I have no idea where thats come from. It was the last time they ever heard their son's voice. It takes effect July 1, 2009. If something dangerous was imminent, it seems unlikely that Brandon would actually hang up the phone. His parents said that they couldnt anything either. I think that Brandon had probably been drinking, and got turned around in the dark. A sudden surprise wouldnt answer why the phone abruptly when dead, and still able to receive calls later. He had worked at the Hy-Vee Food Store for four years before his disappearance. I would like to take a mathematical, logical approach. His parents left the house and began driving to pick up Brandon, at the same time speaking with him on his mobile phone to determine exactly where he was. It doesnt sound like it. He remains missing. On some occasions, these people who have stepped off the face of the earth have reached out one last time to make contact with those they knew and leave chilling messages that possibly hold clues buried within them, but which have never been figured out. In some areas in Lincoln County, the water had been 10 feet (3.0 m) deep on the morning of the . 2.30 am (approx) 47 minutes into this particular phone call, Brandon suddenly exclaimed Oh shit! and went silent for the rest of the call. For me, the most important question is why Brandon had left his car? I couldnt imagine the pain of that. Actually the river and road intersect several places around where his car was found, Hence the reason why authorities came to that conclusion to begin with, however he walked for at least 40 mins and the fact he walked for at least 40 minutes and did not manage to figure out he was not near Lynd is a little disturbing, I just can not understand how Brandon came to the conclusion he was near Lynd, If he really was on Lyon Lincoln County Rd and walked to MN68. Hey, its just my opinion. When he took off walking, my guess is that he found himself trespassing somewhere he wasnt wanted. I think its pretty obvious to say that someone took Brandon back to their farm and harmed him and maybe buried him somewhere out in the field where he may never be found I dont mean to sound so morbid but we all know that people do this in rural areas when its not very safe, especially driving alone at night and not knowing where youre at after a wreck. Possibly. I live in Minneapolis. If his dad had run him off and he did leave then he wouldnt be afraid to call his mom..At least to tell her he was OK.. Hello) Have you looked at a map and seen where he was, where he was going and where he thought he was? Thanks for taking the time to comment Robbie. Thanks for your comment Ciara, and it definitely is a very strange case. Whatever the reason for his disappearance, Im very curious to know as of what happened to him from that fateful night he went missing. But instead somebody pushed end on the phone. as kidnapper takes his phone, he points a gun at him. the minute brandon decided to walk on his own, the person/people start following him. Also, how about an abandon well? And if he was picked up by someone, surely he would tell his dad, who he was on the phone with at the time? There was rumors of his involvement in drugs and the Mexican cartel, who knows what they could have done to himsome towns people say theyve heard of the cartel disposing of bodies in the pig farms, several of which we have in the surrounding area,,, very sad, hope some day there will be answers. That makes no sense, even if he was lost. Nineteen year old Brandon Swanson lived in Marshall, Minnesota with his parents. Credit: Google Maps Maybe it meant that they got a Phone Call 91 Days before the Body was Found. He had driven off the road, was intoxicated, and was trying to figure out where he was when the call cut off. Around 10:30 pm, he left the gathering to drive to Canby, which is 30 miles away . Yes, that is another mystery. Listen to this episode to hear what happened leading up to the accident, his phone calls with his parents and the investigation that ensued after. rumors from people in the area of Marshall, is he owed lots of money to some drug dealers. 1.The disappearance of Brandon Swanson. They called Brandon and asked him to explain where he was, but even when they arrived at where he claimed to be they were unable to locate him, even after they both unsuccessfully tried flashing their headlights in order to try and hone in on each others locations. Could the dad call Brandons phone and then answer it himself to make it appear as if Brandon answered the call? In the call he tells the operator that he has run out of gas and is in a field. He lived with his sister, who cared for him (a job that included moving him around the house, to the toilet, outside for fresh air, etc). I found out about this disappearance and wanted to know more and found this post. The phone records led to the discovery of Swansons car about 1.5 miles away from Taunton and on the borders of Yellow Medicine, Lincoln and Lyon counties. He ended up instead heading over to stay with his brother Kyle after getting a call from Ladessa and arguing some more. The alien theory has come up before, and the fact is there is so little evidence for what actually did happen that its very hard to rule anything out. . Road signs? He wasn't injured in the accident. Thats way more than 91 days. The map below shows the main geographical locations in the timeline outlined. And since the phone cut off directly after the expletive it lends to the idea that something happened suddenly. Im scared. Not long after this there was another text message that reversed this alarm and said, Never mind, Im okay. Has that ever been discussed? Her books are available on Amazon. Im a writer, author, wife, and animal lover. near the end of his call with his dad, someone comes up behind him and and grabs his phone, at the same time brandon says oh shit, then the kidnapper ends the call on the phone. [] 2. As he was unable to get his car ack on the road, he called him parents for a ride. Of course, we may never know for sure, but his disappearance seems very intentional. The amount of alcohol hed drank that night isnt 100% confirmed (possibly one beer and one shot of whiskey) but its not thought to have been enough to have caused disorientation. (LogOut/ The temperature at the time of his disappearance was 46 F, or 8 degrees Celsius, and dropped to 39 F, or 4 degrees Celsius. The phone call would sometimes cut off or dip out for a while but they would call again and the conversation would continue.Brandon eventually gave up with this tactic and told his parents he was going to walk towards the lights he could see in the distance, assuming them to be from the small town of Lynd. It was determined that there was no evidence at all that he had met with foul play or that he had had any desire to want to suddenly run away. 27.07 - MU Plus+ Podcast - Flames of Prophecy, 29.07 - MU Podcast - Contract with the Goddess, 27.06 - MU Plus+ Podcast - Secret Vaults of Time, 29.06 - MU Podcast - Italian Disco Abductions, 27.04 - MU Plus+ Podcast - High-Res Healing, TikTok and Its Strange Proliferation of Mysterious Accounts of Skinwalkers, A 3,500-Year-Old Frozen Mummified Bear Found in Siberia. Despite extensive searches of the area where his vehicle was found, Brandon Swanson has not been located and his disappearance remains unsolved. Around 91% of all cases are closed within 48 hours, and 99% of cases are solved . He added, I think time favors the search, Hasse said. Brandon Lawson 911 call depicted last moments before he went missing Around 11:30 p.m. Aug. 8, Lawson called his father and mentioned he was heading to his parents' house in Crowley, about 3. Thanks for your comment. Brandon Swanson, 19, was last seen on 5/14/08 in Canby, Minnesota. Plus, your lungs still have oxygen whenever you drown and makes you float back up to the top and the river carries you to the nearest river bank, its obvious that someone held a gun up to his head kidnapped him, and killed him as a robbery (or just being plain mean) gone wrong. The one pond search parties had failed to search because it was not on any map. But offcourse seems odd that till this day never a body was found. Homes? Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. A lot of the land in the area is privately owned farmland, so the area itself is pretty flat and not anything like woodland/forest terrain.Search dogsOne of the main theories law enforcement subscribed to in the disappearance of Brandon Swanson was that he had accidentally fallen into a body of water and subsequently drowned. This is the one case i cant seem to forget. amazing case. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Lincoln County Sheriff's Department I think one of the reasons that the case of Brandon Swanson is so mysterious is precisely because it doesnt seem to add up that a person would disappear one day, seemingly without any trace. 14th May 2008Midnight (approx) Swanson left the get-together in Canby shortly after midnight. An approximate distance of 4 km. Phone records and searchingThe phone records really changed the course of this situation; they really began a proper investigation and gave law enforcement a starting area to search through. If you believe you have important information regarding Brandon Swansons disappearance or his whereabouts, I urge you to contact Lincoln Countys Sheriffs Department on (507) 694-1664. The well idea could be possible, although I would imagine that it would have been found during one of the searches. I think it is the most likely situation. The Disappearance. I know this will sound a bit harsh, insensitive and maybe far-fetched (but what other theory isnt? Brandon died of hypothermia after falling into the Yellow Medicine River. I do feel that the evidence maybe suggests the solution might not be as cut and dry as that, but as Ive said previously, at this point there is so little to go on that one theory is probably as valid as another. But let me back up. As has been asked so many times in this case- why? I just wanted to include this theory here as its just as likely as the other theory and they are both similar in nature. I dont have the link, but if you google March 15, 2015 suv youll find some news reports for it. So he wasnt on the dirt road. Vanished Without a Trace: The Mysterious Disappearance of Brandon Swanson | YARO Crime | Lost in the Night: The Search for Answers in Brandon Swanson's Disap. theres a chance he tripped dropping his cell phone into somewhere maybe the river, and couldnt find it. Biology, nature, and cryptozoology still remain Brent Swancers first intellectual loves. Around 91% of all cases are closed within 48 hours, and 99% of cases are solved completely within one year. Join Facebook to connect with Brandon Swanson and others you may know. 4) Despite the area in question being very flat, open and crossed only by shallow rivers, a body has never been found after several extensive searches. This was at 3:10 a.m. No further contact was made, even after repeated attempts. Some authorities believe he blundered into the Yellow Medicine River while he was walking in the dark. At around 2am Brandon and his father were on the phone to each other, with Brandon desperately trying to direct his father to where he was, and Brandons father equally desperately trying to locate his son. My personal theory is something got himwhat that something is exactly i dare not guess but there are things walking this Earth and the dark bowers of mans domain that most people cannot even dream exist. Wouldnt his body have washed up on shore by now if he had fallen into the water? He disappeared outside of Marshall when he was 19. Instead, it sounds like something added to give the impression of something happening, rather than something actually happening. I dont live in the area (or in the states) but after looking on google maps, about where his car was found (Lyon Lincoln road, Porter/Taunton highw 68). Brandon could have possibly been drunk which would explain why he crashed his car and why he didnt know where he was. 68 west of Taunton, MN..Knowing Rt. The theory Id like to mention is the possibility that Swanson did fall into the water, exited the water and couldnt find his phone, walked away, and ultimately died of hypothermia. I had several thoughts. The lack of his physical evidence makes it plausible? brandon is 55 130 pounds, he doesnt stand a chance. 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The runaway theory has been posited before I think, although the main objection to it would be the oh shit. Not long after this, he called his father in Crowley and asked to stay at his house for the night because he was having girlfriend issues, but the father told him that he should go back and make up with her rather than drive the three hours it would take to get there. I think if he was inside a car, his dad would know, as the dad would have heard car noises, and possibly the other driver. Brandons LawI have the utmost admiration for families who have been through such unimaginable pain but still find the energy within them to advocate for laws that will help others. and also, hes in teh middle of nowhere, midnight, lost. Its a good question, as potentially that wouldve ruled out a lot of scenarios. This story is about Douglas Swanson Jr. The lights he saw were probably car headlights in the far distance of drug dealers conducting business and he walked up on them not realizing it until it was too late. He would be more likely to drop the phone, and his parents would then hear anything that was going on (such as a struggle, or the whooshing of the river, or the impact of a car). Indeed, what happened to him in the first place? Why/How could the mom just go home? 507-694-1664. Brandons case could take a lot of twists and turns, I guess some things you never find out. Its shelter if bad weather comes, and it WILL BE FOUND, you on the other hand might not. since that phone is not touch screen, it would be VERY EASY to end the call after snatching the phone from him. 60 minutes/5km is 12. I would love to get more police report related information about this case. Your email address will not be published. Yet more theories are that Brandon was either hit by a car or picked up by an apparently helpful driver who turned out to have a malicious intent. Police were called and they quickly ascertained that he had left the club on foot and that his phone was last pinged at a MacDonalds on East Hollis Street, just a few blocks away. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Pingback: #41 Strange Disappearances | Weird Tales and the Unexplainable, Pingback: Heres The 51 Creepiest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Very Day | Viral Hot Topics, Pingback: Heres The 51 Creepiest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Very Day - Weight Loss Diet 2 Fitness. The oh, shit makes you belive he was taken by surprise or a sudden realization struck him. What is known is that at around 4 AM, Brookelyn called her cousin to come pick her up from the house, but as the cousin had had too much to drink, she couldnt. David Francis also was pivotal in the passage of Minnesota's "Brandon's Law," named after 19-year-old Brandon Swanson, who disappeared in southwestern Minnesota in May 2008. If not, why wouldnt they? Brandon Swanson of Marshall MN, has been missing since Wed. May 14th, 2008. (Obviously they may not be actual murders, but that is how this collection of unexplained deaths have been known, which is why Im using the term.). Submit a Tip: On the evening of 14 May 2008, Swanson had been out partying with friends in Minnesota, and on the way home he managed to crash his car into a ditch. This boy is missed in an area of approximately 20/30 miles, that to me feels realy realy weird, and never i find such an odd missing case like that of Brandon. On August 11, at 12 AM, things got odder when two hikers in the area where Matthew had last been seen reported that they had heard screaming from the wilderness, and what sounded like a man and a woman calling out for help. Even his schoolfriends of the party where he went before missing, do they even search in his local network to find more evidence?? That makes me think that somebody knows what happened to him. No evidence. It's a difficult case for many reasons. I stummbled on this case, and then it got hooked on me. I know what you mean about it sounding far-fetched, but this is a disappearance consisting of extremely mysterious circumstances and very few clues to explain them. In 2009, Brandon's Law was passed that expands the Minnesota state's missing children's law to include adults under 21 who go missing under dangerous circumstances. In spite of all the searches using state of the art equipment and techniques, and all of the theories and hours of investigations and searches, we are still no closer to knowing what occurred that night, or where Brandon Swanson is now. Looks like another mystery within the mystery. I would like to know how exactly the call was ended. Did someone else move the car to the area it was found at? This is according to Wikipedia. Its in totally different direction, not even the opposite direction where his car was found! At 11 AM things got even odder, when Melissa received a series of very strange text messages from Matthew. Sorry for my English. I pretty sure Brandons alive and well. Police came to break up the fracas, but according to his friends Michael was nowhere to be seen, and at the end of the evening he was still missing. Because yesterday i had the feeling it could be an accident, but by now i have searched every page of this case that you can find on the web, but you only read about the searching. He called his parents on his cellular phone at 12:30 a.m. and asked for help. The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson. I honestly hope and trust his father is not involved in any way shape or form, but as I said, this case should be approached from all angles and I havent read this angle concerning the father anywhere (and I have read quite a few articles on this case). After driving around and talking on the phone for around 45 minutes without locating him, Brandon proclaimed that he was just going to head to Lynd and crash at a friends place for the night. More than one. Not long after this there was a series of cryptic messages, which read HELP LOL OUR, another saying what stood aloof, and the last reading, Eldridge bro. After that there were no further communications and all efforts to call or message Michael remained unanswered. Thanks for commenting, and Im glad you found it interesting. He called his Dad at 1230 and said he was walking towards a lit town (Which he thought was lynd). Reflecting on the last decade, however, those closest to the investigation and search efforts remain hopeful that concrete . The law requires Minnesota police to begin an immediate search for missing adults under 21, as well as older adults who are missing under suspicious circumstances. One finger on each of her hands is noticeably curved. Even if the car would had been moved afterwards, why Brandon would say he is near Lynd?! A massive search of the area would find his car keys in some brush around 25 feet away from the car, as well as a baseball cap and a torn, bloodstained t-shirt believed to have possibly belonged to Matthew, but that is it. Thus, making them want to hurt Brandon. Welcome to Weeknight Mysteries where we talk about mind-boggling, head-scratching, and eerie mysteries. Its also important to note that Brian Swanson didnt get the impression his son was intoxicated whilst on the phone with him; Brandon seemed his usual self despite being frustrated about his situation, there was no slurring of his words or any other telltale signs that he may have been drunk.Nancy Scott interviewFor anyone interested in hearing Annette Swanson speak on the situation, I found a snippet of an interview she did with Nancy Scott which can be viewed below. Rural. Pepper, and the "Paul is Dead" Conspiracy Theory. Once the snow of winter had melted, search efforts resumed again over spring before farmers planted their crops. I quote: He further stated that he had encountered two fence lines and noted that there was water nearby. Note: As a result of these events, a new law has been introduced. Mine tends to do that, randomly at times. 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