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.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Jamie Coots, from Kentucky in the US, was convinced serpents wouldn’t harm believers as long as they are anointed by God. His unshakeable faith stemmed from one passage in ...

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 ...

I was sitting about 30 feet away when a copperhead bit Dewey Chafin on the right hand. He kept worshiping and bent over to take another — this one a rattlesnake — out of a box. I was there when the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky sheriff's office says a man has died from a snake bite suffered during a church service. The Bell County sheriff's office said Monday that 60-year-old John David ...

I was sitting about 30 feet away when a copperhead bit Dewey Chafin on the right hand. He kept worshiping and bent over to take another - this one a rattlesnake - out of a box. I was there when the ...