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Man buys used camcorder, finds stranger's childhood videos inside
Original: A man found a stranger's childhood videos after buying a used VHS camcorder on eBay. The internet found her
A man who bought a secondhand VHS camcorder on eBay discovered it contained tapes of a stranger's childhood home videos. After sharing the footage online, internet users tracked down the woman in the videos. The story has drawn widespread attention as a wholesome example of crowdsourced sleuthing reuniting lost personal memories with their owner.
Why now: The heartwarming twist of the internet collectively identifying the woman in the home videos has made the story widely shared.
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- A man found a stranger's childhood videos after buying a used VHS camcorder on eBay. The internet found her · Yahoo Creators
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