Tim Agnello, a local pastor who lives in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, has a special skill. He may not be turning water to wine but he certainly turns fear into smiles when he wrangles rattlesnakes ...

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 ...

Tim Agnello is a local pastor who describes his hobby of catching rattlesnakes as “a great conversation starter.” Agnello is a pastor at Mosaic Church in Henderson who said he believes that ministry ...

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 ...

Pastor Andrew Hamblin of Tabernacle Church of God holds up a pair of snakes during services on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, despite the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency seizing 50 venomous snakes from the ...

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.