Lost everything in document folder

lost everything in document folder ! Why ?

Hi ! Well it shure looks like it.
I was transfering a video from youtube, and it normaly go to the folder documents.
Then, I wanted to go see if it was there to compress to apple TV, and this is when
i saw that everything as gone.
One thing I notice, it says that documents was last modified tonight at the time I was transfering a video to it,
Thanks for helping
George

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