According to Kentucky.com, as well as several other sources, Jamie Coots of National Geographic’s Snake Salvation has died from a snake bite this past weekend.
Sometimes your worldview is a matter of life and death:
Family members of Coots, 42, refused medical treatment for him. He was pronounced dead about two hours after the rattler sank its fangs into his right hand.
“He always said, Don’t take me to the doctor’” if he was bitten, Coots said. “It was totally against his religion.
People who handle snakes as part of their faith typically rely on prayer for healing after a bite.