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.

Authorities say Pastor Brock was bitten on his left arm and refused medical treatment According to the Kentucky sheriff's office, John David Brock of Stoney Fork was handling a snake during a Sunday ...

The pastor's wife claims he refused to get medical help but was healed by the next day! The venomous canebrake rattler sank it's fangs into Coots' finger on Monday as he was taking the snake out of a ...

National Geographic Channel series will air a tribute to "Snake Salvation" star Jamie Coots on Thursday. Coots died Saturday after being bitten by a rattlesnake during a church service and refusing ...

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 ...