A snake-handling church was the target of a bizarre police raid 76 years ago in North Carolina, historians said. On Nov. 1, 1947, a venomous copperhead snake was seized from Zion Tabernacle Church in ...

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 ...

Even if you have found yourself in the hollers of the Appalachian Mountains, you still may not have come across one of America’s snake-handling churches. While it’s estimated that there are about 125 ...

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 ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The pastor of a Kentucky church that handles snakes in religious rites was among 10 people arrested by wildlife officers in a crackdown on the venomous-snake trade. More than 100 ...

A screenshot of Pastor Cody Coots being attacked by a rattlesnake he is handling as part of a church service. YouTube Cody Coots is following in his father’s footsteps, serving as a pastor in a church ...