A man who had an oversized stomach was living with his twin inside him for 36 years without ever knowing.

Sanju Bhagat had a bulging stomach for much of his life so much so he was referred to as the ‘pregnant man’ as his huge belly made him stand out in his little community.

Bhagat was born in Nagpur, India in 1963 and didn’t show any signs of having any medical abnormalities as a young child.

Struggling to get by and working on a farm to feed his family, his life got even tougher when his stomach seemed to grow to an alarming point in his 20s.

He was subsequently rushed to hospital after the big bulge pushed against his diaphragm and stopped him from breathing.

The overseeing doctor made an incision into the stomach which spilled out fluid before revealing an actual human being.

The absolutely baffled doctors thought at first it was a case of ‘vanishing twin syndrome’, meaning Bhagat’s twin could have died during pregnancy and had been reabsorbed. However, the doctors concluded that It’s more accurate to say that Bhagat was part of the very rare ‘fetus in fetu’ where one twin is literally born inside the other.