India, Jan. 16 -- A 33-year-old Utah man says he wakes up from every surgery speaking fluent Spanish, despite having only limited, "low level" knowledge of the language in his daily life.

According to Dexerto, Stephen Chase has experienced the phenomenon after every surgical procedure since he was 19. Each time he regains consciousness from anesthesia, he temporarily speaks Spanish, often responding to medical staff's routine questions in the language.

Chase told Kennedy News and Media that medical staff typically ask routine questions after surgery, such as how he is feeling or whether he is in pain. "Ever since I was 19, I have woken up from surgeries speaking Spanish every time. The nurses say they ask me questions like 'how are you ...