In 2004, Moe Hunter was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis (细菌性脑膜炎) in the brain. He went into a coma (昏迷) for over a month, during which his heart even stopped. He awoke from brain surgery with no memory, but instead, a new set of art skills.
“I woke up on Oct. 13, 2004. I don’t remember anything before 2004—everything has been said to me by family and friends,” Hunter, 38, said. “I really wasn’t creative before, in fact, people used to laugh at my drawings,” he said. “I was more interested in going out, football and computer games.”
His friends and family still can’t believe his newfound ability, describing it as “crazy.” “They’re still completely astonished,” he said. “It’s insane, but when I spoke to the doctor, he just said, ‘Enjoy it,’ and said there’s so much about the brain they still can’t understand, and this is just a phenomenon.”
Hunter has sold and displayed his artwork at Comic Con events across the country. He builds complex life-size model of characters from films and TV shows.
“Nobody has really given a medical explanation for it. I just know comas can do crazy things to a human brain. They just kind of said there are many stories and theories over the years and people have woken from comas with skills and even speaking other languages,” Hunter said.
“I remember the first thing I drew afterwards was a Legend of Zelda sketch and my mum turned around to me and said ‘when did you learn how to draw?’ It was crazy, I haven’t stopped since then. I just found I had this passion there which never existed in me before. I just feel incredibly lucky but also shocked as I really don’t know where this came from.”
【小题1】What sort of person was Moe Hunter before 2004?| A．Weak. | B．Outgoing. | C．Creative. | D．Forgetful. |
| A．It’s a normal phenomenon. | B．He had a complex surgery. |
| C．It remains a mystery. | D．He learned it secretly. |
| A．Continue seeing the doctor. | B．Give up his drawing ability. |
| C．Find out why he could draw. | D．Enjoy and keep on drawing. |
| A．Mysterious Artworks. | B．Skills from a Coma. |
| C．A Strange Disease. | D．A Crazy Man. |
