May 30, 2025 - Culture

One photo, one post, one heartwarming return

Christine Clarridge

A photo of a couple kissing at an electronic music festival with lights blazing in the background. — In a Polaroid that was briefly lost and then found when a stranger posted it on social media, Jane Moon and Henry Do share a kiss at an electronic music festival on their first anniversary. Photo: Courtesy of Jane Moon

What happens in Vegas ... sometimes ends up on Facebook and back in your mailbox.

Driving the news: Jane Moon of Seattle thought a treasured photo of her and her boyfriend at EDC Las Vegas 2025 — an electronic music festival held last month — was gone for good after she lost the Polaroid at the airport.

That is, until a stranger found it and posted it in a Facebook group: "I know I'd be heartbroken to lose this if it were mine."
A friend alerted Moon to the post before she had even finished unpacking, she told Axios.

Why it matters: The photo, tucked into Moon's passport for safekeeping, marked the first anniversary of the day the couple met — at EDC, exactly a year earlier.

"It was a special photo from a really special moment," Moon said.

State of play: Moon, 29, lives in Seattle and is taking over her family's bubble tea business; Do, 28, is an aerospace mechanic in San Jose, Moon said.

The bottom line: Moon said the rave community's kindness and close-knit vibe made the photo's return possible.

She added that the experience has reinforced the couple's commitment to return to EDC every year, for life.

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One photo, one post, one heartwarming return

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