On a cold September night in the Scottish Highlands, a 63-year-old grandfather set out on a solo cycling journey that he never returned from.

For three years, his family searched, waited, and hoped for answers in one of the most remote landscapes in the country.

When the truth finally surfaced, it revealed not just how he died, but what happened in the moments after.

Music not just how he died, but what happened in the moments after. Hey guys, and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself,

Mandy and my dear friend Melissa. Hi, Melissa. Hi, Mandy. How are you? I am doing well. I'm doing well. I was going to say something about April showers, but we like legitimately haven't had any. No, which I have appreciated very much. It keeps saying it's going to rain and then it doesn't. And we need it so bad, Melissa. It's like serious drought conditions here. Oh, yeah. Actually, you're right. I totally forgot about that. I was being very, very selfish. I forgot me. Like, literally in a drought. Because it doesn't... I'm like, I needed to rain so bad. All my plants are suffering. Everything is like... I forgot the whole state is. I'm so dumb. I did not mean to be insensitive. I really just did not remember. I think it's because I've had a fever the past couple days. I'll give it to you. I'll give it to you. Yeah. It's hard to

keep up with all this stuff. Sure. The fever, though, is called Bieber fever because I was, I ended up watching part of the Coachella performance of Justin Bieber singing the song, Daisies, which my husband's love that song. Yeah, my husband's loved it,

so I've heard it so much. The live version, Mandy, it's so good. My whole entire TikTok is just

different edits of the same thing. And I'm obsessed. And I never had beaver fever, probably because

there was a time when he was very young. And that would not have been appropriate, nor did I really care. But now I think it's okay to have Bieber fever. And I'm really into it. I agree. I'm

right there with you. I'm actually proud to have Bieber fever. I didn't realize that Justin Bieber was on so

many tracks with other artists that I listened to probably, like some that probably wouldn't even

ring a bell to most people. And you wouldn't expect him to be on sure of these songs like I'm talking about like I listen to a lot of like this your regga islander type music yeah kind of regga tongue but also more like I don't even know what category you would put it in but I have heard Justin Bieber on some of these songs and I'm like wait a minute how did you get here yeah I'm like what's Bieber doing in this music so anyway I'm I'm here for it. How did you get here? Yeah, I'm like, what's Beaver doing in this

music? So anyway, I'm, I'm here for it. Like, I love it. Yeah, it's great. Awesome. So we'll get

into the story for this week. The Scottish Highlands are the kind of place that people go to find

peace. There's these wide open landscapes and quiet roads that stretch for miles. It's really absolutely

beautiful, but the terrain and landscape can also be pretty unforgiving. When something goes wrong

out there, help isn't exactly just around the corner. And in today's story, something went very wrong.

On September 29, 2017, Tony Parsons boarded a train headed north into the Scottish Highlands.

This wasn't something unusual for him. He had always been the kind of person who set goals for himself and followed through no matter how demanding they might be.

At 63 years old, he was recently coming out the other side of prostate cancer treatment, and instead of slowing down,

he decided to take on a challenge that would push him physically and mentally. He had planned

104-mile overnight cycling journey from Fort William back to his hometown. Now, this was not

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