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On 14 April 2016, a Facebook page called The Modular Body published a video purportedly showing a fleshy creature (named Oscar) whose parts could be arranged in different formations: The page led to a web site, also called The Modular Body, where more clips could be viewed. While the video (which was viewed more than 6 million times within two days of its initial posting) left many viewers wondering whether what they had just witnessed was real, The Modular Body page was up front about what the video actually showed: it is a sci-fi web series that deals in speculative fiction, not documentary films: In an interview with The Creator's Project, Kaayk, a Dutch filmmaker, explained that researcher Cornelis Vlasman and his creation, Oscar, are fictional characters:
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