Snake-handling is a tradition for the Coots family of Kentucky. But months after taking over for his father to lead a Pentecostal church, Cody Coots says he was bitten this week. His father, Jamie, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ashley McBryde. (Credit: Nathan Chapman) Ashley McBryde has been trying to record “Rattlesnake Preacher” for more than a decade.

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. Coots was handling a ...

A serpent-wielding pastor who championed the reptiles on reality television died following a rattlesnake bite - after declining medical help. Jamie Coots, hailing from Kentucky in the US, featured in ...