Brandon Swanson — a deep dive into his disappearance

Imagine being on the phone with someone you love at the exact moment they disappear from the world, never again to be seen or heard from.

Seems incomprehensible, doesn't it?

was the reality of the parents of Brandon Swanson, a nineteen-year-old student at the Minnesota West Community and Technical College.

Brandon went to two different parties on the 13th of May 2008 celebrating the end of the spring semester in the town Canby. He was seen drinking in both of these parties but did not appear overly intoxicated according to his fellow partygoers.

Around midnight Brandon decided to take his car home, a route from Canby to Marshall which he knew well owing to his driving there every day. But for some reason, he chose not the take the Minnesota State Highway 68 as usual but ventured instead for the back roads.

On his way home, Brandon lost control of the car and drove it directly into a ditch. He then called his parents to tell them what had happened. Brandon felt sure he was close to the town Lynd because he could see lights from a city ahead and he agreed with his parents that they would come and pick him up.

They also agreed to flash headlights on and off to signal to each other, but after a while of the Swansons driving back and forth along the route without finding their son, they came up with a new plan.