On the night of May 14, 2008, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson was driving home to Marshall, Minnesota, after celebrating the end of the school year with friends. Around 1:54 AM, his car became stuck in a ditch near the town of Lynd. Uninjured, Brandon called his parents and asked them to pick him up. Despite his certainty about his location, his parents couldn’t find him where he said he was. Brandon stayed on the phone with his parents for nearly 50 minutes as he walked along a gravel road, trying

In May 2008, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson was driving home to Marshall, Minnesota, after celebrating the end of the school year with friends. Around midnight, he accidentally drove into a ditch near the town of Lynd. Uninjured, Brandon called his parents for help, telling them he believed he was near Lynd and describing nearby landmarks to guide them. During the 47-minute call with his father, Brandon tried to navigate his parents to his location, but they had difficulty finding him. As Brandon c