His neighbor, Jostein Jorgensen, said he was roused at around 5 a.m. by the sound of a ship heading at full speed toward land and immediately ran to Helberg's house. The massive vessel reportedly caused damage to a heating pipe in Helberg's cabin, TV2 reported, but the homeowner said he considered himself lucky.

The helmsman of a huge container ship that ran aground in Norway just a stone's throw away from a cabin as its owner slept was probably asleep as well at the time of the accident, Norwegian media reported Friday.

A massive cargo ship ran aground in Norway, just 15 feet from a man's bedroom at his seaside cottage. The ship, registered in Cyprus, had 16 crew members on board. Nobody was hurt, and the ship's watchman admitted he fell asleep.