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Since in your question you seem to be surprised about OOP being done in C, I'll add some more information.
There is a difference between Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and an OOP *language*, such as Java or C++.
OOP is a set of concepts and techniques, or, if you feel more enlightened, a programming paradigm (a programming *"philosophy"*, as someone would say).
~~An OOP language is a language who is designed with facilities that *support* writing code in an OOP style.~~
You can write code in a OOP style in a non-OOP language, but this is usually cumbersome, and sometimes less readable if you don't follow a strict discipline.
Writing OOP code in a non-OOP language has its merits, though, because OOP encompasses concepts like *encapsulation*, *data hiding* and *polymorphism* that help give your code better structure (BTW, note that some of these concepts are not exclusive to OOP).
However, going "full-OOP" with a non-OOP language is not something generally advisable, unless you are an expert and you have considered pros and cons of that choice. Usually you are better off using a language that directly supports OOP.
Moreover, keep in mind that there are different kinds of OOP. For example: class-based OOP (e.g. Java, C++), prototype-based OOP (e.g. Javascript) or even more exotic variations (e.g. Lua, which uses a mechanism based on so called "metatables").
Therefore, when doing OOP in a non-OOP language you should also consider *which kind of OOP* you want to emulate, because the language you use could be better suited to implement one instead of another.

Since in your question you seem to be surprised about OOP being done in C, I'll add some more information.
There is a difference between Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and an OOP *language*, such as Java or C++.
OOP is a set of concepts and techniques, or, if you feel more enlightened, a programming paradigm (a programming *"philosophy"*, as someone would say).
An OOP language is a language that is designed with facilities that *support* writing code in an OOP style.
You can write code in a OOP style in a non-OOP language, but this is usually cumbersome, and sometimes less readable if you don't follow a strict discipline.
Writing OOP code in a non-OOP language has its merits, though, because OOP encompasses concepts like *encapsulation*, *data hiding* and *polymorphism* that help give your code better structure (BTW, note that some of these concepts are not exclusive to OOP).
However, going "full-OOP" with a non-OOP language is not something generally advisable, unless you are an expert and you have considered pros and cons of that choice. Usually you are better off using a language that directly supports OOP.
Moreover, keep in mind that there are different kinds of OOP. For example: class-based OOP (e.g. Java, C++), prototype-based OOP (e.g. Javascript) or even more exotic variations (e.g. Lua, which uses a mechanism based on so called "metatables").
Therefore, when doing OOP in a non-OOP language you should also consider *which kind of OOP* you want to emulate, because the language you use could be better suited to implement one instead of another.

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