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I find Lost Media to be truly Haunting, in the sense that it's lost because no one wants to look at it, or consume it. There is something exciting about searching and playing something society has collectively decided to ignore or forget. You ask yourself why? And often the answer is quite exciting.
Lost Media is mysterious. That's what makes documenting and attempting to find lost media exceptionally compelling.
It's the fear of the unknown.
The idea that no one really knows what you're about to see and anything can happen. You might wind up seeing a forgotten masterpiece, a horrifying exploitation film or a weird sincerely crafted mess with a few "WTF??" moments sprinkled in.
It evokes the feeling of being alone. You may physically be in your house but mentally you're off experiencing no man's land. Your eyes are watching something no one has seen in years or decades, few will ever know what youve experienced or care.
The thing that's the spookiest about Lost Media to me is how we know it once existed in some capacity and we know people saw/heard/played it, but it got buried in the sands of time due to poor archival.
And I think the other big thing is the fact that SOMEONE in the world is likely to have said media and may be the only one who does, or nobody would have it at all besides the creator.
Really lost media like this gives you a sensation of emptiness, like "we need to get it to find some closure", even if you know the chances of that are really slim, but you keep trying or hoping someday the media will surface.
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