This month that bitcoin has risen abruptly compared to the previous months, a lot of people have created new topics asking for help about their funds. For example
this gentleman appeared out of nowhere after 9 years that had bought bitcoins and created a new thread, explaining that
he found a paper wallet that was damaged in his closet. And now I'm asking myself, why now? Let's assume that he had bought 100 bitcoins in 2012. By 2016, he would have a great fortune. By the end of 2017 an even bigger.
Don't they read the news? Because if I had bought that amount of coins a decade ago, I'm sure that I'd see out of curiosity how well it has gone. Since the paper wallet was in his closet, it means that he didn't care that much.
Another
bad example is
this thread in which
iwoswinvs (who is probably a liar) announces on a forum that he owns 50,000 bitcoins. I think there are more people like the first one, though.
I wouldn't blame them. They just didn't believe bitcoin is going to amount to anything not to talk of being worth this much. Many people don't even know they've got some bitcoins stashed away in some wallet because they can't remember.
Truth be told, this is just like many of us. There are some altcoins you bought and didn't remember to keep tabs on them simply because they didn't worth much when you bought them. If by chance, these coins increase in value just like bitcoin is some years to come, they'll also ask you this question.