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Stranger's childhood VHS tapes found via eBay camcorder
Original: A man found a stranger's childhood videos after buying a 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 what he found, internet users tracked down the woman in the recordings, reuniting her with footage of her younger years she had lost. The story is drawing warm reactions online, with many calling it a rare wholesome example of crowdsourced sleuthing.
Why now: People are moved by the unlikely reunion of a woman with her lost childhood memories through an accidental secondhand purchase.
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- A man found a stranger's childhood videos after buying a VHS camcorder on eBay. The internet found her · Yahoo Creators
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