American immunologist Fred Ramsell was vacationing deep inside Yellowstone National Park on Monday as the Nobel Prize committee named him an award winner. His phone was on airplane mode and he remained blissfully unaware of the development until they drove through a small town hours later and his wife started screaming — having received both cell service and hundreds of congratulatory messages at once.

Ramsell told Wired that he had initially mistaken her exclamations for a potential bear sighting. He eventually spoke to the Nobel Committee around 1:30 am after reaching a hotel before stepping out with his wife. Their celebrations included “a cocktail or two, some food and watching Monday night football”.

“My wife’s phone blew up when we went through some little town and she got some sig

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