Import photos that don't exist...

When I import pictures into iPhoto from an external hard drive, there are mystery pictures that are showing up. These are pictures that used to exist on the HD but that I deleted from there.
I deleted my entire iPhoto library and emptied the trash within iPhoto. I then went to the "show package contents" of my iPhoto library on my computer's HD and deleted everything.
I tried to re-import the pictures from the external HD to iPhoto, but AGAIN, the mystery pictures are there. I've checked the folder in the HD that they are showing up in. But, they are not there. I've even done a search on my computer, and the files don't exist.
Please help me figure out why this is happening. I just don't know how to get rid of these pictures. I want them gone...completely!!!
Thank you!!!

I then went to the "show package contents" of my iPhoto library on my computer's HD and deleted everything.
Never make changes to the structure or content of the iPhoto library using the finder
make sure you have the photos you want safe and drag the baad iPhoto library to the trash and empty it and then depress the option key and launch iPhoto and create anew library - now start using this correctly set up library
LN

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I understand my mistake was to import the photos in iPhoto without first moving them to My Pictures.
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