OPINION: DOUBLE EXPOSURE: Bringing to light the untold — and untrue — stories behind the pictures

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Lindsay McCabe, front, has reticulated python Stewart placed on her by Linzey Hargrove during the Scales And Shells animal presentation at the Pirate Viking Summer Festival in Edgewood on Saturday.

"I thought you said you were getting me a feather boa."

Tom Ortiz

Santa Fe

“Argh, matey, I wanted a pirate accessory, not a python accessory!”

Cliff Ho

Albuquerque

"I swear if you bite me I will turn you into a pair of boots."

Mike Garcia

Albuquerque

"Jody passed the initiation into the House of Slytherin."

Kimela Miller

Socorro

"PETA cancelled fur so designers have begun using the real thing.

Nancy Arias

Albuquerque

"I plan to get all wrapped up in this performance."

Joan Newman

Albuquerque

"It's OK to feel a little conflicted as long as you're not overly constricted."

Mark Yarnelle

Albuquerque

"Auditioning for Monty Python!"

Todd Tibbals

Albuquerque

"I don't think I signed up to snake-sit!"

Rosemary Weisent

Albuquerque

"$10 on the snake."

Jake Abernathy

Albuquerque

"Uh ... does this thing have a return policy?"

Amy Weisent

Albuquerque

"When the costumer said we have a boa for you to wear I assumed the feathery type. Oh, so wrong."

Cathy Heist

Albuquerque

"The answer to the question, if it's just nervous laughter or extreme terror, is revealed with the amount of squeeze given by the mighty python."

Don DeNoon

Albuquerque

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Eight week year old kitten Haterade at the City of Albuquerque Eastside Animal Shelter on Tuesday, Aug 5, 2025.

"Look, my tongue can reach my nose."

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