Duplicate photos moved from iPhoto to different folders?

My Macbook Pro storage was really low and I wanted to delete some pictures from iPhoto. Originally, I had many thousands of pictures and albums. When I pulled it up, only the last few film rolls were there. All my other photos seemed to migrate to another folder. Either "Originals" or"Modified". There are also many multiples or duplicates. I downloaded a free "Duplicate deleter" program, but my computer crashes when I try to run it for the whole folder. Can I just drag the folder back into iPhoto? Why would all those pictures move without me prompting them? Does this have anything to do with importing my iPhone 4 pictures? Very frustrating. Thanx for any insight.

Third (or maybe fourth) time
to start with you NEVER enter the iPhoto library for any reason and you NVER, NEVER, NEVER make any changes to the content or structure of the iPhoto library
That should be clear and very simple -- It means that you never do this
Picture > iPhoto Library > Originals (folder) or (Modified)
Can you explain why after many (8+) years, I open up iPhoto like I have ten thousand times and 99% of my content is gone, yet still in a folder?
I have 3 or 4 times - you destroyed your library by deleting photos from within the iPhoto library
There are NO user servicable parts within the iPhoto library and
you NEVER enter the iPhoto library for any reason and you NVER, NEVER, NEVER make any changes to the content or structure of the iPhoto library
you only choice now is to restore a backup from before you used the finder to delete photos inside the iPhoto library or to start over from scratch with a new iPhoto library and import your photo into it
and in the future
you NEVER enter the iPhoto library for any reason and you NVER, NEVER, NEVER make any changes to the content or structure of the iPhoto library
Don't open the iPhoto library - period - not for any reason unless specifically direct to by an experianced expert
LN

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