The Dark Oak

Episode 112: Brandon Swanson


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On May 14, 2008, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson vanished near Canby, Minnesota, after his car got stuck in a ditch on a rural field road. Earlier that night, he had been celebrating the end of his college semester, consuming alcohol at two parties but not appearing heavily intoxicated. Intending to drive home to Marshall, a familiar 30-mile route, Brandon inexplicably took backroads and ended up far from where he thought he was, mistakenly believing he was near Lynd. At 1:54 AM, he called his parents for help, describing his location inaccurately. During a 47-minute phone call with his father, he decided to walk toward lights he assumed were from Lynd, mentioning a field and running water before shouting an expletive and the call cutting off. Search dogs later traced his scent from his car, along rural roads, to the Yellow Medicine River, across it, through an abandoned farm, and to another road, where the trail stopped. Despite extensive searches involving volunteers, air surveillance, and river excavations, no trace of Brandon or his belongings has been found. Theories include drowning in the river, succumbing to hypothermia, falling into a well, or being picked up by a vehicle, with the latter gaining traction due to the scent trail ending at a road and the lack of physical evidence. Landowner restrictions have complicated searches, and Brandon’s Law, passed in 2009, now ensures immediate missing persons investigations. His disorientation is attributed to fatigue, mild intoxication, unfamiliar roads, and distraction, but his fate remains a mystery.
 
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https://youtu.be/ylKQGI0PGj4?si=7LPu_1FExL3aItIk

User:Jeff Hasse/Missing Person Case Study -- Brandon Swanson - Wikiversity. (n.d.). https://en.m.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Jeff_Hasse/Missing_Person_Case_Study_--_Brandon_Swanson

Mystique. (2022, January 4). Brandon Swanson vanished while on a call with his parents; Where did he go? Medium. https://medium.com/@the-mystique/brandon-swanson-vanished-while-on-a-call-with-his-parents-where-did-he-go-dd13bc9e4421

 

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This episode of The Dark Oak was created, researched, written, recorded, hosted, edited, published, and marketed by Cynthia and Stefanie of Just Us Gals Productions with artwork by Justyse Himes and Music by Ryan Creep

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