I just don't get it. Actually I do which is scary, but I still don't get it,,,
Snake-handling preacher Cody Coots got scared when the 6-foot long rattler bit his right hand early Monday.
Just three months ago, his father, Jamie Coots, died within minutes of being bitten by a rattlesnake during a service at his Middlesboro church.
The loss was still fresh for his family and friends, and Cody Coots, who took over for his father, had just been bitten by an even bigger rattler.
At first, "All I could think about — am I going to make it?" Coots said.
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"He's a brute of a rattlesnake," said Hamblin, who is familiar with Coots' reptiles.
Coots went inside his mother's house, and the call went out for fellow believers to come and pray for him.
Hamblin said he and more than 20 other people, including other snake-handling pastors, rushed to the house.
Hamblin said Coots had someone call for an ambulance so he could formally decline treatment.
People who believe they are commanded to handle venomous snakes during worship services typically refuse treatment when bitten, preferring to rely instead on faith and prayer for healing.
"I told the Lord that I wouldn't go to the hospital," Coots said.
The only way he would have gone for treatment, Coots said, is if his wife had approved it while he was unconscious.
Months after snake-handling preacher's death, his son recovering from snakebite | State | Kentucky.com
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