The Mysterious Disappearance of Brandon Swanson
It has been over twelve years since Brandon disappeared from the side of a dirt road in Minnesota.
On May 14th, 2008, in Marshall, Minnesota, nineteen-year-old Brandon Swanson left his college, following the end of the spring semester. It was just after midnight when he left the Minnesota West Community and Technical College campus. At 2 am, he called his parents on his cellphone and told them he crashed his car into a ditch and couldn’t get it out.
He said he was uninjured and was able to get out and stand on the side of the road. He asked his parents if he could get picked up, and he told them he was located near Lynd. He opted not to walk along the highway and instead was walking along a gravel dirt road.
His parents set out; however, they weren’t able to find him or the vehicle. Brandon remained on the phone with them as they searched. Brandon said he would flash his car lights, and his parents did the same on their vehicle, but neither saw flashing lights. Eventually, Brandon decides to leave his car and start walking towards town. He told his dad to meet him at the parking lot of a local bar.
His parents were driving to the bar that Brandon marked to go. Hoping they would find Brandon walking along the road on the…
