While you and I will have to fantasize about that hypothetical scenario for a long time, it really happened to one individual.

Yes, Chris Reynolds opened his PayPal account a decade ago to discover that he was $92 quadrillion wealthier. There are so many zeros.

In July 2013, the 56-year-old was credited with an eye-watering figure, which looks like this: $92,233,720,368,547,800.

This meant that for a small period of time, he was the only person on the planet who could claim to be a quadrillionaire.

When the news broke, the country’s media naturally wanted to know everything.

“It’s an odd thing,” Reynolds, a resident of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, told CNN.

“I don’t know; maybe someone was just having fun.”

Prior to the unusual turn of events, Reynolds stated that the most money he’d ever had in his PayPal account was ‘a little over $1,000,’ which he’d earned from selling tires on eBay.

However, as previously said, his reign as the richest man in the world was brief.

When PayPal employees realized what had happened, they repaired the problem and apologized to Reynolds for the entire incident.

The corporation stated in a statement, “This is obviously an error, and we appreciate that Mr. Reynolds understood this was the case.”

If Reynolds had been permitted to retain the money, he would have spent it in a very altruistic manner.

He stated that he would have used it to “pay down the national debt.”

“Then I would buy the Phillies if I could get a good deal,” Reynolds concluded.

Following the resolution of the situation, PayPal offered to give an unknown sum of money to a charity of Reynolds’ choosing.

It was most likely not $92 quadrillion.

“We think it’s inspiring that he decided to use this occurrence to donate to a cause he believes in,” the company stated in a subsequent statement.

“And we hope to honor this spirit by donating to a cause of his choice—we’ve reached out to him to make this offer and to let him know how grateful we are that he’s a customer!”

Reynolds told the Philadelphia Daily News, which broke the story first, that the large figure made him feel “a million bucks.”

“At first, I thought I owed quadrillions,” he explained.

“It came as quite a surprise.”