Twilight zone problem - missing media file

I'm really at a loss on this one: I have a DV Quicktime file I captured using the DV - NTSC 48khz preset. The file is online in the FCP browser. I can open it and scroll through the entire tape - it's all there. When I right-click on the file and look at the 'Item Properties' it names the correct path for the file location (i.e. in the Capture Scratch folder on my RAID). When I go into the Finder and open that folder (the one where the Quicktime movie file should be, then one where FCP claims it currently is) the file is not there. The Finder lists the contents of the folder as "O items". However, if I check the size of the folder, it claims it's 12.37 GB - the same size as the Quicktime movie file. All signs point to the Quicktime movie file being in this folder, but it's not there.
I used the Finder to search my computer for it and found nothing - yet it's online in FCP. I used the Media Manager in FCP to move it to another location. It did so and re-linked in FCP just fine, but when I checked the folder in the Finder - same thing, the file is not there...there's nothing there, yet the folder contents are 12.37GB.
Really bizarre. I can always recapture and (I think) solve the problem that way, but I'd like to know what's going on here. Any suggestions?
EDIT: I also searched for the same files using an Invisible Files filter and it did not find it.
Message was edited by: Mr. Landers

You should try to list the files with Terminal:
Open Terminal
1. Type cd then drag the folder into the window, then do Enter.
This will go this folder.
2. Type *ls -al* then Enter.
This will list all files in this folder, even invisible ones.
Regards, BJ

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