The 1990s, Joe Martin said, "that was a bad decade." That's when four venomous snakes - three Western diamondback rattlesnakes and a lone coral snake - got their fangs into him. But that's to be ...

Two weeks ago, NPR reported on a group of Pentecostals in Appalachia who handle snakes in church to prove their faith in God. The story got us thinking: Why are the handlers bitten so rarely, and why ...

They're hypnotizing to look at, but they’re like a loaded gun. If you make the wrong move, they'll strike. They’ll bite you, strangle you and even eat you in the blink of an eye. Which tradition ...

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.

Middlesboro, KY - Three days after pastor Jamie Coots died from a rattlesnake bite at church, mourners leaving the funeral went to the church to handle snakes. Coots, who appeared on the National ...

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 ...

A creature was stirring on Christmas night for one Australian family: a venomous tiger snake. In a video posted to Facebook by The Snake Hunter — which describes itself as a 24/7 emergency snake ...

DEADLY VENOMOUS with Corey Wild. Dangerous venomous snake handling that should never be attempted by inexperienced people. Posted: March 24, 2026 \| Last updated: March 24, 2026. M ...

Andrew Hamblin handles poisonous snakes every Sunday in the name of Jesus. At just 22, he leads Tabernacle Church of God in LaFollette, Tenn., a Pentecostal church that practices a rare, century-old ...