Holy Ghost People, by Peter Adair

Dang! Holy Ghost People documents a Holy Ghost congregation in Scrabble Creek, West Virginia, directed by Peter Adair in 1967.

If you like primitive music, a backwoods accent, tongues, snake handling, and grainy black and white, you'll love these videos. It reminds me of the churches I used to go to when I was a kid.

Margaret Mead said this is one of the best ethnographic films ever made.

Halleluyer!

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Wikipedia: Holy Ghost People
Holy Ghost People - a documentary by Peter Adair (1967)

Pastor Arrested, Snakes Confiscated

Gregory James Coots, 36, pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name, was arrested, along with nine others, by Kentucky wildlife officers. The group was allegedly involved in the venomous snake trade.

Wildlife officers confiscated more than 100 snakes "...including 42 copperheads, 11 timber rattlesnakes, three cottonmouth water moccasins, a western diamondback rattlesnake, two cobras and a puff adder," according to an AP article.

In 1995 a woman died during one of Coots' church services after being bitten by a rattlesnake.

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Pastor among suspects in illegal snake bust
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