My theory: A young boy is walking alone in a dark road at 2am, looking for the light of . Impossible as it may seem, a nineteen year old manseems to have literally disappeared without a trace. Have you looked at a map and seen where he was, where he was going and where he thought he was? Brandon Swanson of Marshall MN, has been missing since Wed. May 14th, 2008. Biology, nature, and cryptozoology still remain Brent Swancers first intellectual loves. Your email address will not be published. It was posted 12 days ago Brandon called his parents on his cell phone and asked them to come pick him up. Also, if someone had just offered to give him a lift home, why would he swear at all? I havent heard of David Paulides before, but will take a look at his writing. I dont think that Brandon fell into a river and died for there is zero evidence supporting that. According to official statistics, in the US alone 2,300 people go missing every day. 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. Brandon Swanson The Disappearance Nineteen year old Brandon Swanson lived in Marshall, Minnesota with his parents. and also, hes in teh middle of nowhere, midnight, lost. Celebrating in the context of the description indicates alcohol intake and possibly some recreational drugs. What I find interesting is that the parents say the mom was dropped off and that the dad continued the search, still on the phone trying to find him. Perhaps this paragraph was with the wrong story OR theyre bad at math OR this line doesnt go with this paragraph OR theyre talking about something Im unaware of. 60 minutes/5km is 12. He said that he knew which direction to head in as he could see what looked like the lights of a town. I couldnt imagine the pain of that. what if someone was walking likea hitchhiker or someone was also pulled over with their car off and he didnt notice them and when brandon flashed his lights to see if his parents could see him. It is not known why he went there, and he had not mentioned it to Melissa or anyone else. One fairly well-known case that I have covered before but seems worth mentioning here is a case covered by David Paulides in his Missing 411 series of books and revolves around the strange call made by a 19-year-old college student named Brandon Swanson. But even that I have hunted the river bottom where he disappeared, every year, and have not found any way he could have drowned in that river unless it was flooded 4-5 feet. I think the most reasonable explanation would be that Dad dropped Mom off at home in case Brandon returned home for some reason, called the home or someone else (police) called the home. Reflecting on the last decade, however, those closest to the investigation and search efforts remain hopeful that concrete . He disappeared outside of Marshall when he was 19. Brandon Swanson met with foul playI wanted to touch on this theory and the likelihood that Swanson was a victim of foul play. On May 14, 2008, Brandon was driving home from a party and drove into a ditch. When my phone dies or is off & people call, it still rings 4 times before going to voice mail, just like it normally does. 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. 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. Submit a Tip: . I dont know where you read what you typed but it is all wrong, he stayed with his car at first and then at 2:23am his dad called him back and spoke to him for 47 minutes, that is when he said he would walk to what he thought was the town of Lynd. I do think theres a concern about promptly searching for people who perhaps want to be missing or have left an abusive situation and dont want to be found, but I dont think this is quite the place for that conversation. I of course do not know the dynamics of the family, but Brandon was underage drinking, out very late at night, and his father was the last person to see or hear from him. It would be tragic if that is what happened of course, but at this point theres not much evidence either way. 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. brandon is 55 130 pounds, he doesnt stand a chance. I am wondering if taking off his glasses and not wearing them was normal for Brandon and why do you think all the car doors were left open? Why did he crash, that to me is the greatest mystery. It doesnt sound like it. On the night of 14 May 2008, after celebrating the last day of college. The law requires authorities to conduct a preliminary investigation without delay when a missing persons report is received. Anything that seemed off? I would love to get more police report related information about this case. According to official statistics, in the US alone 2,300 people go missing every day. Just as with the case of Elisa Lam in Los Angeles, there seem to be more questions than answers. after reading all the facts n stuff, my conclusion is this, i think hes being watched/followed at the time he recked his car. So, case closed. His parents said that they couldnt anything either. I think there has been discussion about how those last words were actually said, but nothing conclusive has ever been decided unfortunately. I recently read a news story on the net where a couple of teenage girls who disappeared in the mid sixties were recently found (their skeletons) in the car they were in when it ran into a fairly deep running stream (out West, the drought had lowered the stream and the remains of the vehicle surfaced). No one had any idea of where he had gone off to, until at 2 AM Michaels boss got a rather disturbing call from the missing man, in which he says, They are following me. Maybe he had a grudge, and that other person was not in the right state of mind? My first thought when I heard the initial story was that he was walking toward lights and then said, Oh Shit, I thought it was aliens/extra-terrestrials. I think this particular scenario would generally indicate more of an opportunistic crime than a planned one, so it would mean that the police officer would have then needed to go back to the scene and remove any evidence/trace of him/herself, of Brandon Swanson and of whatever actually happened. A search of the area showed no signs of Swanson and no evidence to suggest which way he had walked. The concerned parents continued searching for their son, and after being unable to find him at 6:30am, they went to the police to report him missing. If Swanson had exclaimed Oh shit! because he was falling into the water, then surely running water would have been heard by his parents on the other end of the phone? His dad tried calling back a number of times, but Brandon never picked up his phone. As has been asked so many times in this case- why? His parents couldnt find him because they were 20 miles away. I do want to mention that Swanson had been flashing his lights whilst hed been sitting in his car waiting for his parents and tits possible that this caught the attention of an unsavoury character.Id also like to talk about one small detail in this section that does pique my interest in regards to the foul play theory according to the FBI, written on the ViCAP page for Swanson, his vehicle was discovered with the car door still open. In some areas in Lincoln County, the water had been 10 feet (3.0 m) deep on the morning of the disappearance, but . It is not plausible that he drowned, because they would have found his body somewhere downstream. I just wanted to include this theory here as its just as likely as the other theory and they are both similar in nature. No evidence. Both sides got increasingly frustrated, and Brandon eventually said that he was going to start walking towards the town of Lynd, to a friends house. Physical Description: These theories have major flaws, however; if a person has time to register danger, swear down the phone and then end a phone call, surely they would have time to get out of the way of an oncoming vehicle? On March 12, 2009, Brian and Annette Swanson spoke before the House to help expand the Minnesota's Missing Children's Act so it can help missing and endangered adults.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. I think Brandons mom would do anything for Brandon. In NC a lot of cistrens abandoned Wells are filled in with rocks sometimes over years the shaft opens more rocks fall and now you have a deathtrap waiting. I can not believe that during the 47 minutes he did not understand that he was not in the place of which his father says. He wasn't injured in the crash. Later on that same day, the circumstances of Swansons disappearance were complicated by his phone records which showed that Swanson had been near Porter whilst on the phone to his parents, approximately 25 miles away from where Brandon had told his parents he was. As you say, hopefully one day Brandons family will have some answers. An answer might be that Brandon dropped the phone, causing the battery to fall out and so ending the call that way. Given his location, it could have been slightly more likely than my other explanations. While his friends observed him consume a few alcholic drinks, they said it was not eough to mae him appear intoxicated. He called his Dad at 1230 and said he was walking towards a lit town (Which he thought was lynd). I want to find the source. Such a sad case. This mysterious disappearance hinges on the fact that Mr. Parfitt, who went missing in the 1760s, was unable to walk or get around on his own. Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) Luc Picard. Swanson was on his way home to Marshall when he accidentally drove his car into a ditch, where it got stuck. Those type of backroads beside highways are a VERY SCARY place to be alone at night without any light. Brandon Swanson was 19 years old when he went missing from rural roads near Marshall . Brandons LawAnnette and Brian Swanson advocated for the state to legislate Brandons Law, requiring law enforcement to investigate missing adult cases more promptly, assessing if the missing person could be in dangerous circumstances, and conduct an investigation to establish if the person is indeed missing and if theyre endangered, regardless of their age. Swanson stayed on the phone with his parents whilst he walked to the car park. I believe like most 19 year old college students he was drinking. I made sure I couldnt be found. But offcourse seems odd that till this day never a body was found. He added, I think time favors the search, Hasse said. The one pond search parties had failed to search because it was not on any map. Its interesting you mention the smiley face murders actually, as Ive only just come across those and find them fascinating. If something dangerous was imminent, it seems unlikely that Brandon would actually hang up the phone. And Im guessing the landowners doesnt wants police with search parties destroying their crops? Facebook gives people the power. 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 believe the river theory unlikely. Shortly after midnight on May 14, 2008, Brandon Swanson (born January 30, 1989) of Marshall, Minnesota, United States, drove his car into a ditch on his way ho If his phone died he could have been walking for hours, thinking he was going towards a town, and either drowned or died of hypothermia or injuries in a field. On the subject of the phone call, a huge question here is why the phone call was ended. I wouldnt rule anything out to be honest, as we don;t actually know very much at all at this point. Mine tends to do that, randomly at times. The Beatles. Thats why he said oh shit. The river, which is up to 15 feet deep in places, was running high and fast at that time. https://en.m.wikiversty.org/wiki/User:Jeff_Hasse/Missing_Person_Case_Study__Brandon_Swanson. After parting ways with Melissa, he then apparently drove up to a rural, remote area in the Santa Monica Mountains, called the Malibu Canyons, near Rosas Overlook. Its interesting what you say about the beep that would be emitted by the phone too. Even his schoolfriends of the party where he went before missing, do they even search in his local network to find more evidence?? There are a huge amount of statistics on there regarding missing persons cases and as you can imagine the sheer volume of information is both fascinating and horrifying. I really believe that the river wouldnt have taken him so deep under that his body would have never floated back up to the top. I have a very hard time believing this due to the very little FACTS we do know! MARSHALL Ten years have gone by and Brandon Swanson is still missing. He was crossing grassy fields, came to another unexpected fence possibly one around an old cistren, hopped it, being dark, fell in slipped on the rocks around the edges, and dropped his phone on the outside. On May 14, 2008, nineteen year old Brandon Swanson disappeared from Marshall, Minnesota, approximately at 2:00 a.m. call he made to his father probably drained the battery on his Motorola slvr phone. How close was he to his family? One of the Strangest Mysteries in the History of NASA: Conspiracy or Complete Garbage? This has included over thirty dog handlers from nine different states. Lots of open ends and no one seems to be addressing them. Rural. As a crime writer, I do a lot of research into real life crimes and unsolved cases. Its definitely a possibility, and would fit the admittedly few facts that we do know for sure. More recently is the spooky case of 18-year-old Brookelyn Farthing, of Madison County, Kentucky, in the United States. From what Ive read there hasnt been any link made between the smiley face murders and Brandon Swanson, although its possible that this is something that is being investigated. Of course, we may never know for sure, but his disappearance seems very intentional. Like i said i dont want to make my judgement by being offensive, but the only evidence whe have is the 47 min phone call with Brian Swanson the fatherbut i find it hard to judge suspects, but in this case it seems everybody in that area (including the parents) is a suspect to my calculation by now. I definitely had this in mind whilst thinking about this theory but Im also aware that technology doesnt always behave in an expected way and can be unpredictable, especially when damaged. Thanks for taking the time to comment Robbie. As you say, it wouldnt explain the phone call, but it might explain the lack of evidence. Its just interesting how no one, at least online, will address ALL the discrepancies because theres a ton. There was no sign of him at the scene. What do these messages mean and what has happened to them? Since that day more than five hundred volunteers have spent over one hundred and twenty days looking for Brandon or any evidence pointing to where he could be covering over one hundred square miles in the process. amazing case. I havent read all the comments and dont know if it was previously mentioned. Even more recently still is the 2018 case of 21-year-old Matthew Weaver, who at the time had just moved to live on his own in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles, California, where he worked as a linesman for his fathers telephone pole construction company. This is just my own theory, not saying this is actually what happened. Swanson's mother describes him as an avid reader with many interests, and very devoted to his family. Also, if someone had just offered to give him a lift home, why would he swear at all? However, it is not likely. Here in NC we have them, property owners dont know they are out there due to over growth, but why do I also think this? We have to remember that Swanson wasnt in a heavily crowded place or even partially crowded location, he was surrounded by farmland and possibly a river, I doubt there was anyone lurking around waiting for a victim. And I agree that whatever actually happened, it is a very sad situation. By all accounts, Brandon was a loving and attentive father. No clues. I was thinking, possibly he stated oh ####.then hung up. It is possible that Brandon was murdered in some way, possibly by another person from the party? He seems to have just vanished into thin air. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Lincoln County Sheriff's Department Brandon's Law, named for Swanson, was passed later in 2008. The episode starts with Dave reading a few letters from the mailbag. 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. By all means, Brandon was a caring and attentive father. These are questions that taunt us, without any answers and their ultimate solutions just as murky as these last calls and messages. kidnappers knew this. When he took off walking, my guess is that he found himself trespassing somewhere he wasnt wanted. Jeff Haase is the founder of Midwest Technical Rescue Training Associates, a nonprofit organization that teaches technical rescue skills to public-safety providers.. By the time he got close enough to see that it was light from headlights, he would have said that to his dad. When Brookelyn did not show up for an appointment the next day and did not answer any calls or texts they contacted authorities. Pingback: Heres The 51 Creepiest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Very Day Geeks Facts, Pingback: The Smalls Lighthouse Tragedy | angelomarcos. 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. Alternatively, maybe something surprising did happen which explains the oh shit, but which was unrelated to the disappearance, but has now drawn more attention to it? From everything I have read Branding on was walking along the road speaking to his father and unless the road intersects the river then it is an unlikely explanation. Has witness protection ever been thought about? Brandon s parents, Brian and . On 13th May 2008, Brandon was coming to the end of his first year in college and made plans to celebrate with friends. Im a big horror movie buff and this real storyline just leaves you wondering where it would continue to if it was a horror (or sci-fi) movie playing out. I would love to see the cell phone records, if any cellphone tracking happened and the results, and any lie detector or witness testimony of the parents whereabouts that night. I researched the phone, it was prone to battery problems. It remains unknown what happened to Matthew Weaver, why he had gone to that area, or what his final messages mean, and he has never been found dead or alive. He wasn't injured in the accident. On August 9, Matthew stopped by his fathers home to pick up a paycheck, after which the two chatted and he mentioned that he was going to go out with a female acquaintance that evening, a young woman by the name of Melissa Sanchez. December 11, 2014 angelomarcos crime, mystery, true crime. I pretty sure Brandons alive and well. No evidence. As you say, it might be something that we never find out, which would be a real tragedy for his family and friends. His car was found abandoned in a ditch with the car doors open and keys missing. I dont think its that odd. On the theory that Brandon might have drowned, boats from the state's Department of Natural Resources were deployed along the river, and gates were installed. Note: As a result of these events, a new law has been introduced. The disappearance of Brandon Swanson. And the names of the villages are all different (Canby, Lynd, Taunton, Porter), so no one can mix up those names no matter how drunk or high one is! There had been many speculations as he may additionally have determined refuge in a deserted construction, he fell into the river and made it back out or he deliberate his disappearance. I found out about this disappearance and wanted to know more and found this post. 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. Donations are accepted but not expected; the site remains free-access to all. Brandon Lawson, 26, vanished along a desolate stretch of State Highway 277 outside of San Angelo, Texas which is about 250 mile southwest of Dallas on Aug. 9, 2013, according to the San Angelo Standard-Times.On Friday, those closest to Lawson announced that a private team of . He called his parents on his cellular phone at 12:30 a.m. and asked for help. What about alien abduction? Not only was Brandon in contact with his brother, Kyle, moments before he disappeared, but they were also in the same area, possibly yards apart. ), but I dont think I have read anywhere about any questioning of the father. On the theory that Brandon might have drowned, boats from the state's Department of Natural Resources were deployed along the river, and gates were installed. 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. 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) Required fields are marked *. If Swanson had left his car there to walk towards Lynd to meet his parents, why didnt he close the car door? It could well be a fatal accident, but as you say it is strange that so far there hasnt been any evidence found to suggest this. What actually happened that night is still a real mystery, and as more time passes it seems to be increasingly unlikely well ever know. Specifically, their National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Missing Person and Unidentified Person Statistics pages. Updated 7 times since October 12, 2004. The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson. It seems there are many fields and farmsteads etc. Pepper, and the "Paul is Dead" Conspiracy Theory. A search was launched involving hundreds of people and trained dogs, which would go on for around 4 months meticulously going through a 100 square mile area without finding the missing man or even any trace whatsoever of where he had gone. A lot of theories have been proposed as to what became of Brandon, such as that he fell into a river and was washed away or that he met with some sort of foul play, but one interesting factor to consider is that in his last moments on that phone the call seems to have ended because the phone was deliberately hung up. I quote: He further stated that he had encountered two fence lines and noted that there was water nearby. Was he part of the smiley face murders? In this article, we will be discussing the case of a missing person Brandon Swanson and discuss the hidden mystery behind it. Thanks for your comments, and also for the link. Some people do have very strong ideas about what happened, but I suppose until any more evidence comes to light, these are just ideas and theories. Im scared. Not long after this there was another text message that reversed this alarm and said, Never mind, Im okay. I came across this case a few months ago, and it never did make any sense to me. Brandon had mentioned passing fences and hearing nearby water, his father recalled. On the night of 14 May 2008, after celebrating the last day of college classes with a friend, he was driving home along a gravel road, and somehow crashed his car into a ditch. If he just noticed it was about to die, that might be why he said oh shit and didnt call back. There was no evidence found that the man had had anything to do with the disappearance and he was not held as a suspect, although the fire, which had started on the couch, was deemed suspicious. Police would launch a massive search for the missing woman, scouring 16,000 acres in three Kentucky counties with dogs, drones, and aircraft, but no sign of her was ever found. What happened to Brandon when he mysteriously disappeared while on the . http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/2015/03/15/jso-body-found-inside-submerged-vehicle-in-southside/2481619/. Call me cynical but I just dont feel this matches up. 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. 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