When the Internet Lost Its Sh*t Over a Photo of Shiny Legs

How did these shiny legs get so damn shiny?! The internet took a while to figure it out.

The Internet never ceases to amaze. On Monday, Instagram user Hunter Culverhouse shared this image of her legs.

By Wednesday the image had been taken down, but the two days that the image was left up was enough to get a lot of people very confused. This is what Twitter had to say:

I saw shiny legs!!! https://t.co/U2Q0ZUiTTb

— JESSARAE (@Jessarae) October 26, 2016

Took me a long time to work out that these legs aren't actually shiny… pic.twitter.com/HwOGMHu46O

— Periwinkle Jones (@peachesanscream) October 26, 2016

everyone's talking about the bloody shiny paint legs

— Jonn Elledge (@JonnElledge) October 26, 2016

Omg!!!!! First that dress. Then the shiny legs now this.... @tomhanks or Bill Murray who do you see??? 😂😂😂 crying 😂😂 @OK_Magazine pic.twitter.com/TsrzFfVfd6

— Lady Nadia Essex (@LadyNadiaEssex) October 27, 2016

They are obviously shiny legs and if you think differently, you probably didn't realize the dress was black and blue.

— John Keller (@johnkeller2009) October 27, 2016

Luckily, netizens soon caught on. The white-paint-twist entered the narrative.

are these legs shiny and oily or are they legs with white paint on them pic.twitter.com/RzLl3oaD59

— Common White Girl (@girlposts) October 26, 2016

That really was a mind trip after I realized it was just white paint and her legs weren't shiny https://t.co/1qAzlmhVxA

— ♕TC♕ (@TaylorAndrea_) October 25, 2016

Turns out, the ‘shine’ was created by streaks of white paint on her legs, and a lot of people wished they hadn’t learnt the truth.

my mind is pissed cause I can't see shiny legs anymore https://t.co/P0Z7suYrNU

— patty g (@pattyg___) October 26, 2016

Once you realize that the legs aren't shiny & it's just paint.. you can never see the shiny legs ever again smh pic.twitter.com/71Sk8ZkHVf

— Real Housewife of VA (@Briiseppe) October 26, 2016

I JUST WANNA SEE THOSE LEGS SHINY AGAIN!!!!

— Ghada AlWabil (@GWabil) October 27, 2016

Talking to Buzzfeed, this is what Culver had to say about the viral picture:

I was finishing off some art homework and had some white paint left on my brush and just decided to draw random lines, I had no intentions of making it look shiny.

(With inputs from Buzzfeed.)