Disappearance of Brandon Swanson

Brandon Swanson was a 19-year-old from Minnesota who while on his way home from a party crashed his car into a ditch and called his parents for help. When they arrived there was no car or sign of Brandon. They called Brandon again to see if he could see headlights or hear the car horn, but Brandon couldn’t see or hear anything. Brandon was confident that he was giving his parents the correct directions, which led to frustration but he stayed on the phone with his mother. He remained on the phone with his parents for 47 minutes.

Around 2:30 a.m on May 14, 2008, Brandon screamed “Oh Sh*t” before the call ended. His father tried to call him back several times but Brandon never picked up. His vehicle was found 25 miles away the next day. A team of bloodhounds picked up a 3-mile scent trail that largely followed the field roads west-northwest to an abandoned farm, then along a river to a point where it appeared to enter the stream. There was no further trace of him whether it be physical evidence such as finding Brandon's cell phone on the ground somewhere, a piece of clothing, or something else.

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