As has been asked so many times in this case- why? Although there were some accounts that he'd been drinking alcohol that evening, investigators don't believe he was intoxicated or otherwise impaired when he disappeared. At the time of her disappearance, Dail was 23 years old, 5 feet tall (152 centimetres), and weighed 96 pounds (44 kilograms). 19-year old Brandon Swanson was heading back to his hometown of Marshall, Minnesota on the evening of May 14, 2008 when, while driving on a rural gravel road, he crashed his car into a ditch. Those type of backroads beside highways are a VERY SCARY place to be alone at night without any light. The only thing that has ever been found is Brandons car, which was discovered around twenty miles away from where he told his parents he thought he crashed. He was the one who took his wife home, while he dealt with Brandon. Why didnt the police/FBI ping his phone and get a round about location. Not to mention the fact that an animal attacking, fatally wounding and then dragging a person away would leave a huge amount of evidence behind. 3) The father says Brandon exclaimed Oh shit! and his phone then turned off. This was at 3:10 a.m. No further contact was made, even after repeated attempts. Brandon Swanson is still missing. The one pond search parties had failed to search because it was not on any map. Maybe it meant that they got a Phone Call 91 Days before the Body was Found. Is there any new leads in this case its 2017 I was just wondering.And this case is quite disturbing I really hope answers can be found. We know that the phone call kept going until eventually Annette and Brian hung up to try to call Brandon back, would the sound of running water not have been picked up on the call, or the sound of something falling into the water? 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. It doesnt sound like it. Submit a Tip: Out of curiosity, Kyle tried one more time to reach his brother, and amazingly got a response when Brandon picked up. He told them that he was near the town of Lynd, Minnesota. Yes, that is another mystery. When Brandon Lawson vanished in 2013, it left authorities baffled and his family in shambles. Brandon Swanson has brown hair and blue eyes, stands 5'6" and weighs . 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. Any odd police reports that were located near by around the same time? Theories. This story can go either way, so many theories with little time, its sad to know what his fate was; surely if Brandon had simply walked away on his own and staged his own disappearance, wouldnt someone have spotted him by now and called the authorities? I researched the phone, it was prone to battery problems. If so, it would make it even less likely for him to botch his location by such great lengths. And with difficult weather it must be hard to find a body in the mud after a while. Whoever Brandon saw with their car lights, they may have been the ones to help him and took him back to wherever they planned to take him as a motive to either harm or rob him. According to official statistics, in the US alone 2,300 people go missing every day. 507-694-1664. Thanks for taking the time to comment Robbie. 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. I dont have the link, but if you google March 15, 2015 suv youll find some news reports for it. 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. Not to mention the fact that an animal attacking, fatally wounding and then dragging a person away would leave a huge amount of evidence behind. That is near freezing, and indeed, anyone soaked through the bone by having fallen into the river would have suffered from . After they killed Brandon, that person came to their senses and decided to dispose of Brandons body. A number of other theories have been considered, including the idea that Brandon might have hidden in an abandoned structure to escape the cold and then succumbed to hypothermia, or that he was attacked by an animal and taken away. My bet is that an intoxicated/somewhat drugged Brandon stumbled into water and drowned. By all accounts, Brandon was a loving and attentive father. Among the several You tube videos on this case, people still throw around the drowning theory.. Wouldnt his body have washed up on shore by now if he had fallen into the water? He had driven off the road, was intoxicated, and was trying to figure out where he was when the call cut off. A third theory suggests that Shaffer might have died by suicide. When my phone dies or is off & people call, it still rings 4 times before going to voice mail, just like it normally does. BRANDON SWANSON - THEORIES (MINDSHOCK TRUE CRIME PODCAST CLIPS)Examining different theories in the Brandon Swanson disappearance.LISTEN to the FULL PODCAST here -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kx0WCFSmGUJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIM7B3NhioaqwNyHnu9YL0g/joinAUDIBLE FREE TRIAL - https://amzn.to/2KRHO8CSUPPORT MINDSHOCK - https://www.paypal.me/mindshock-SOCIAL- FACEBOOK - http://facebook.com/MindshockPodcastTWITTER - https://twitter.com/TheMindshockPodREDDIT - https://www.reddit.com/r/mindshockMEDIUM - https://medium.com/@mindshockPATREON - https://www.patreon.com/mindshock Also, if someone had just offered to give him a lift home, why would he swear at all? But there are a couple of issues with this theory, largely revolving around the phone call. I think it is the most likely situation. So the father took Brandons mother home, so he could run Brandon off, so she couldnt help him with that college money, or any other money. 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. Good information, Darrin. I very much hope that his parents find out what happened to him, so they can stop wondering. Its genuinely tragic for Brandon Swansons poor family and friends, and hopefully one day theyll have an answer. The oh sh! could be said several ways, 1. you tripped and fell, 2. youre tired of the current thing happening so you end it. Could it be possible that a police officer pulled up to him ,and turned on his lights, and perhaps Brandon had been drinking a little or possibly had some illegal substance on him, so he comments oh shit and hangs up on his father, becouse he doesnt want the father to hear witness to the exchange between himself and the police, and i know the odds are one in a million but history shows us it has happened before, what if Brandon encountered a bad cop, with bad and deadly intentions. Lots of things dont add up and as was said in one of the earlier commentscan anyone find anything online about the parents cell phone locations that night? On March 20, 2009, almost a year after his disappearance, the Marshall Independent reported that Jeff Haase of Search Rescue and Recovery Resources of Minnesota was the new search organizer for the Swanson family. 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. It is known that he was here because he posted a picture of the scenic hiking trail and Canyons on a Snapchat post at 5:30 AM that morning, and it would later be found that his car had been captured on CCTV cameras going through an unlocked gate into the area at 7 AM. This was the last known contact from Swanson. This has included over thirty dog handlers from nine different states. He has never been seen or heard from again, and the lack of evidence in his mysterious vanishing has puzzled family, friends, authorities, and websleuths alike. Michael allegedly tried to break the fight up, as he knew one of the women involved. He hung up the phone to keep his dad from asking questions and being overhead, but when his dad called back, the sound betrayed Brandon. The authorities received over seventy-five tips about Brandon, but none have borne any information that has led anywhere near to finding him. Referenceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Brandon_Swansonhttps://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/sessionweekly/art.asp?ls_year=86&storyid=1297https://thetruecrimefiles.com/brandon-swanson-disappearance/https://www.marshallindependent.com/news/local-news/2018/05/swanson-case-still-unsolved/https://charleyproject.org/case/brandon-victor-swansonhttps://medium.com/crimebeat/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-brandon-swanson-49bcb6e9d134https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons/brandon-victor-swanson, Your email address will not be published. If aliens took him away, there would be no trace of him or his phone. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window). What do these messages mean and what has happened to them? Its believed that Swanson called some of his friends for help, however, nobody picked up the phone. 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. I dont think farmers would refuse to let police search their property. The basics are this: Brandon was in a fight with his long term girlfriend, Ladessa, and . (LogOut/ The March 15, 2015 report was for a different Swanson in Florida. He had made arrangements to transfer to Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs in August 2008. 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. Swanson had just completed a year-long technical school programme in wind energy. 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? Till this day: Are there any farmers ore civillians who has been interrogated by the FBI or local police?? kidnappers knew this. He called his parents asking for help, and they set out in their pickup. 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. Nothing. 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. The case of Brandon Victor Swanson is one of them. At time of writing six years later there is still no evidence or even a trace indicating what happened. Brandon left the party around . With that being said, I cant make it clear enough that I think this bill is excellent and Im amazed by the Swansons ability to channel their pain and tragedy into something that has undoubtedly helped others and will continue to help others. The oh, shit makes you belive he was taken by surprise or a sudden realization struck him. There are a lot of unanswered questions unfortunately, and this seems to be another one of them. I plan one day to go out there as I have had experience looking for lost folks. Thanks for your comments, and also for the link. 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. Dont worry, what youve written doesnt come across as rude or offensive. I dont feel that Brandon slipped into the river or fell into a well, instead someone may have knocked him out, taken him back to their farm; killed him or something. 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. 10.30 pm 11 pm Swanson left the small get-together and drove to another friends house in Canby.