So I was curious if there's someone in the group that knows something about the body and about nature?
I think Brandon was really drunk. He forgot his glasses in the car, wanted to avoid police and forgot to lock his car.
He walked on farmers land and maybe fell in the river, froze to death, fell in a dwell or maybe something else happend like getting attacked by a animal (are there dangerous animals in that area?) I also think he lost his phone and thats why he said o shit.
I was wondering how long it takes to die from hypofermia (I'm Dutch sorry for my English). Like doesnt that take a while?
He didnt survive the night because people would've found him eventually right? If he was alive people would've found him I'm sure. So he died that night but what couldve killed him so quickly in just a few hours.
A farmer that thought it was a thief? An animal? Or a farmers machine? but do they use it on these hours? Or did he already died because of freezing and did the farmers didnt see him? What do you guys think? I don't think he drowned. I feel like they would've found him
I am not an expert in death by hypothermia but have been told that if a person falls in cold water (as he likely did) and it is cold out (it was in the low 40's (F) that night) you would start to experience symptoms very rapidly. With death coming within 2-3 hours at most.
He didn't have spare clothing with him (dry) and he was by most reports wearing shorts and a t-shirt - possibly a jacket or sweatshirt, but assume all were soaked. He could have walked for a while, then survival instinct would have kicked in and it is possible that he tried to make himself a nest in the grass or a field - perhaps digging out a space to try to preserve body heat and or covering himself with grass / leaves / straw / whatever.
At some point he probably just fell asleep or lost consciousness and never woke up.
We don't know what exactly happened to him but the falling into the river theory and drowning is the most plausible theory.
If he made it out somehow then yes he would have succumbed to hypothermia in a couple of hours.
Despite the searches for him, he was never found. Maybe they looked for him in the wrong area. As of now, I don't think much of him remains. It's been almost 20 years and they'll be lucky if they find a bone or a shoe.
I think he got run over then they took his body