Following in Daddy’s Footsteps


A Pentecostal pastor famed for handling snakes during church sermons has died after being bitten by a rattlesnake.

Mark “Mack” Wolford, 44, was well-known across the US state of Virginia for his lively church services, which included handling dangerous snakes in a ‘test of faith’. But the pastor died after being bitten by a rattlesnake he had owned for years, mirroring the death of his own father in 1983.

 

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3 thoughts on “Following in Daddy’s Footsteps

  1. Reading a bit further is worth it: “Wolford had been bitten on three previous occasions, but did not seek medical attention as he regarded the injury as a test of faith. ” Darwin awards anyone…

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