British man woke up from coma with someone else's memories

Memory is one of the most mysterious abilities of humans. Sometimes it can play a real game with us, presenting fantasies as reality. This is exactly what happened to Alpha Kabeja, who felt like a completely different person after coming out of a coma.

As reported by BAKU.WS, on January 1, 2012, Kabeja was riding a bicycle in London, heading to his girlfriend's place. However, on the way, he was hit by a van, the driver fled the scene, and 29-year-old Alpha ended up in the hospital with a severe traumatic brain injury. Despite external integrity, his brain shifted inside the skull, and doctors were forced to remove part of the bone to reduce swelling. The man fell into a coma.

After three weeks, Kabeja regained consciousness but was saying strange things: he insisted that he worked for MI-6, had his own airplane, and his girlfriend was pregnant with twins. He even knew the names of the future children - Sky and Nikita - and asked nurses to return a notebook with an ultrasound image. All these "memories" were absolutely real to him.

Specialists explain this phenomenon as a protective reaction of the brain. According to memory researcher Julia Shaw, during the recovery process, the brain tries to collect scattered pieces of information and creates a new "story" from them. This often leads to the formation of false memories, especially in people who have experienced a coma or head trauma.

Today, Alpha Kabeja has recovered and smiles when recalling his fantasies about spy service. However, this experience has forever changed his understanding of the boundaries between reality and imagination.