Kentucky snake handling preacher, reality TV star dead from snake bite

[TheMathieu]

MIDDLESBORO, KY (WATE) - Jamie Coots, a preacher known for snake handling, as well as being the focus of a reality TV show, died Saturday after being bitten by a snake.

According to the Middlesboro Police Department, emergency crews responded to reports of a possible snakebite victim at a church on Evans Drive around 8:30 p.m., but say the victim had already left the scene by the time they arrived.

Police say they found Coots at his home with an apparent snakebite to his hand. Officials say EMS responders explained the dangers of not treating the wound, but that Coots still refused to be transferred.

Police and EMS returned to the scene an hour later to find Coots dead.

Coots was the pastor of Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name church in Middlesboro. He is also the subject of the National Geographic Channel series "Snake Salvation".

http://www.wate.com/story/24737348/kentucky-snake-handling-preacher-dead-from-snake-bite

[WinkyDink]

1. Live by the snake, .............

[Faux pas]

8. Hey! You stole my line!

[malaise]

2. That's called a fitting end

Feeding the hand that bites you

[exboyfil]

3. Jesus called him home

Praise the Lord.

Here is his Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/pastorcoots

[LuvNewcastle]

6. That is EXACTLY what I thought they would say!

If I were there, I'd say that I guess he just didn't have enough faith after all.

[hobbit709]

4. He believed god would save him.

The snake believed "I'm gonna bite this clown fucking with me"

[exboyfil]

5. Rephrase

The terrified reptile responded to an unprovoked assault.

[Laelth]

7. Darwin strikes again. n/t

-Laelth

[MineralMan]

9. Guess his faith wasn't strong enough.

Or something.

[alp227]

10. more articles

Lexington Herald-Leader obituary

NPR profile of Coots from Oct. 2013