An art student named Hunter Culverhouse first shared this photo on Instagram in October 2016. It went viral after people started debating whether Culverhouse's legs were covered in oil or not.

It turned out the legs were completely dry."[I] had some white paint left on my brush and put random lines on my legs," Culverhouse told INSIDER last year. While the effect was unintentional on Culverhouse's part, the white streaks made it look like a glare of light was reflecting off the student's legs.