Beyond its world-class art, the Louvre is haunted by Belphegor, the “Phantom of the Louvre,” a hooded figure seen gliding through the Egyptian Antiquities wing after dark. Folklore suggests the spirit is an ancient Egyptian priest whose soul was disturbed when his sarcophagus was moved, though night guards also report the spirit of Jean l’Ecorcheur (Jack the Flayer), a 16th-century royal henchman who appears in red. Modern documentation includes 2023 security reports of “phantom footsteps” echoing through the Denon Wing and motion sensors being triggered in empty, locked galleries. The “Dead Zone” is the basement area near the original medieval fortress walls, where visitors report a “heavy, suffocating air” and localized cold spots. Recent visitor photography frequently captures “light anomalies” hovering near the Great Sphinx of Tanis.