Late Sunday night, Nobel Prize winner in economics, Paul Milgrom, heard a knock on his door.
When he answered the intercom, he heard his neighbor and research partner Robert Wilson announce to him: "You have won the Nobel Prize in Economics.".
Is this the way to announce winning the prestigious award?
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Well, it turns out that while the prize committee was trying to contact Milgrom to tell him about the win, the new laureate was simply sleeping at home and not answering the phones.
Here, his neighbor and research partner, Robert Wilson, enlisted his help.
According to security camera footage posted by Stanford University on its Twitter account, Wilson and his wife are seen knocking on Milgrom's door and calling his name, in an attempt to wake him from his sleep.
After he answered the intercom, Wilson told him: "You won the Nobel Prize. They're trying to reach you but without success. They probably don't have your phone number.".
Wilson's wife added: "We gave them your cell phone number.".
The stunned Milgrom is heard muttering: "Wow, okay" - while trying to digest the unexpected news.
At the end of the video, Wilson's wife asks the surprised Milgrom, "Will you answer your phone?""
Milgrom, 72, and Wilson, 83, two professors at Stanford University, won the prize for improvements they made to auction theory and innovations in the auction method.
