WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Jamie Coots, 42, was a pastor in Kentucky and starred in National Geographic's "Snake Salvation" ...

Jamie Coots, from Kentucky in the US, was a snake-handling pastor who believed that the serpents wouldn't hurt him ...

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Jamie Coots, from Kentucky in the US, was convinced serpents wouldn’t harm believers as long as ...

Cody Coots is following in his father’s footsteps, serving as a pastor in a church. Like his father, Coots is a snake handler. And like his father, he was bitten by a rattlesnake while leading a ...

RIP Jamie Coots was an honor and privilege to attend and photograph his sermons and learn about his beliefs. pic.twitter.com/noPTuqCqZ7 — Neil Brandvold ...

MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (AP) — Jamie Coots, a snake-handling Kentucky pastor who appeared on the National Geographic television reality show “Snake Salvation,” died Saturday after being bitten by a snake.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The son of a snake-handling Kentucky preacher who died from a snakebite says he's recovering from his own rattlesnake wound. Cody Coots tells the Lexington Herald-Leader he was bitten ...

We’re right to be wary of the perils of thin community, like loss of meaning and, attachment to screens. But thick communities have woes too.

JACKSBORO, Tenn. (AP) – A Tennessee preacher who used poisonous snakes in his religious practices won’t face criminal charges. But he also won’t get back the 53 serpents wildlife officials seized from ...

A screenshot of Pastor Cody Coots being attacked by a rattlesnake he is handling as part of a church service. YouTube Cody Coots is following in his father’s footsteps, serving as a pastor in a church ...

Jamie Coots was handling a rattlesnake at his Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name Church in Middlesboro when he was bitten on the hand Saturday night, another ...