"Man thinks his friend is a bear, shoots him A 22-year-old man is recovering in Victoria General Hospital after his friend shot him in the face, mistaking him for a bear.The two were camping near Vancouver Island's Nitinat River early Saturday when one of the men was woken up by what he thought was a black bear trying to get into their tent, Const. Grant Desmet of Lake Cowichan RCMP said.The man grabbed a shotgun and fired several rounds in the direction of the ""bear.""Instead, the pellets of the gun hit his friend — sleeping head-to-toe at the opposite end of the tent — in the face and the arm, causing severe injuries. (Photo: Thinkstock/ Getty)"
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