My 11-y-o son and I dug my bed of softneck garlic this morning. We found several (~50 or more) with the same characteristic as you've described. What we did notice was that they all grew in the crease of the neck after it had fallen over. My guess is that it is just another way of propagating itself once it starts to die back.
Lisa
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