Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Florida man passes out in Californian motel and wakes up speaking only Swedish...

Smörgåsbord, ombudsman, Ikea, Volvo – we all have a little Swedish in our vocabulary, even if we didn’t know it.

However, for Florida man Michael Boatwright, the Norse language became his native tongue after he woke up in a Californian motel with a huge dose of amnesia and a whole new vernacular.

The 61-year-old was found unconscious in his room at Motel 6 in Palm Springs but when he regained his senses in hospital, he had no clue where or who he was, referring to himself only as Johan Ek and doing so in fluent Swedish.

Doctors were initially baffled by the army veteran’s state but after a period of observation, diagnosed him with transient global amnesia (TGA).

The rare condition is said to trigger complete short-term memory loss, hence why Mr Boatwright was unable to explain what he was doing in California. Full story...

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