One of the more iconic monsters of The X-Files was the Flukeman of 'The Host', and was the work of Toby Lindala's FX team, who handled all the Vancouver-filmed episodes of the show.
When designing Flukeman, Lindala 'kept to really pale colours, like the underbelly of a fish, but with some human features in the face, (and) used urethane to give a translucent and fleshy look to the creature'.
The Flukeman bodysuit was uncomfortable for actor Darin Morgan to wear and led to an embarrassing incident; he couldnt go to the toilet in it, so he actually wet himself during the water action sequence! The water scenes also allowed Morgan to actually cool down, as the suit was very hot to wear.
The water filming scenes added to further complications, as being soaked in water destroyed the suit each time, meaning Lindala and his team would have to rebuild it from scratch every time.
