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Unusual story, has been reported all over, if one wonders if it is just some quirky tale.

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High school athlete wakes up from coma speaking Spanish after concussion

Reuben Nsemoh, a 16-year-old goalkeeper at Brookwood High School, was kicked in the head weeks ago diving for a loose ball, his third concussion. He stopped breathing and was in a coma for three days.

When he woke up, he couldn't speak English, but he was able to speak fluent Spanish, a language he couldn't speak before. The teen told WSB radio in Georgia he thinks maybe he picked it up from his friends and his brother. As his ability to speak English returned, his Spanish fluency has faded out, although he still continues to speak Spanish.

"My friends would always talk to me in Spanish and would teach me," he said.

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