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Hear me out.
So you know how Joel would come back sometimes, with different shirts, different memories, sometimes even a different voice?
I think I know why.
First of all, this isn't the only Loop. There was another one built in Nevada, years before. There have been multiple accounts of those Loops interacting with each other, sometimes sending things between them [SOURCE].
Secondly, there are plenty of accounts of things appearing in the loops that didn't come from EITHER of The Loops. That, and too many missing persons to count (honestly, it's a wonder it stayed active for as long as it did...) [SOURCE]
Third, THEY WENT LOOKING FOR HIM. A LOT. They're secretive about it, sure, but there has to be a full map of The Loop somewhere. It was a pretty big issue, and the publicity that Joel's story got was one of the major reasons why it shut down. It's clear they WANTED to find him, but they COULDN'T. [SOURCE] [SOURCE]
With all this evidence, it feels obvious that wherever Joel went, it wasn't The Loop in Munso, and perhaps not even the one in Nevada.
Maybe Joel was teleported to another paralell dimension?