An Israeli man who was shot in the neck by a stray bullet on Monday night walked away from the incident with only minor injuries to show for the experience.

The man, identified by Channel 12 as Ma’alot-Tarshiha resident Amiram Dvir, was walking around Monfort Lake, in the northern city when a stray bullet lodged itself in the back of his neck.

The 5.6 caliber bullet is believed to have been fired into the air in the nearby town of Kisra-Sumei, Ynet reported.

Despite the bullet hitting Dvir squarely in the back of the neck, he told Channel 12 on Tuesday that he did not immediately understand what had occurred.

“I was taking a walk around the lake and while walking, I felt a strong blow to my neck,” he recounted. “I touched it and thought maybe it was a butterfly that had hit me, and I felt there was something stuck there. I tried unsuccessfully to get it out until it started to burn.”

At that point, he said, he called out to some people who had been walking ahead of him, and they came........

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