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Man buys used camcorder, internet tracks down owner of home videos
Original: A man found a stranger's childhood videos after buying a VHS camcorder on eBay. The internet found her in hours
A man who bought a secondhand VHS camcorder on eBay discovered it still contained tapes of a stranger's childhood home videos. After sharing the footage online, internet users identified the woman within hours, reuniting her with a piece of her family history she had lost.
Why now: Striking examples of crowdsourced sleuthing and lost personal mementos finding their owners tend to go viral.
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- A man found a stranger's childhood videos after buying a VHS camcorder on eBay. The internet found her in hours · Yahoo Creators
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