The mystery behind the Louvre heist’s "Fedora Man" is finally resolved.
The viral fedora man, also known as the ‘mystery man’, was captured outside the Louvre Museum in Paris on the same day as the heist of the crown jewels.
The 15-year-old mystery man was captured looking suave in a picture outside the Paris museum on October 19, 2025.
The viral photo of the mystery man was identified as Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, a 15-year-old.
Soon after the fedora boy realized his photo had drawn millions of views, Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, who live with their parents and grandfather in Rambouillet near Paris, decided to play along with the world's suspense.
Pedro's first instinct was not to rush online and unmask himself, and he decided to let the mystery linger.
Moreover, as theories swirled about the sharply dressed stranger in the ‘fedora man’ shot – detective, insider, Al fake – he decided to stay silent and watch.
“I didn’t want to say immediately it was me,” he said. “With this photo, there is a mystery, so you have to make it last,” said Pedro.
Pedro is a bright teenager who, by accident, wandered into a global story, and the internet did the rest.
“Fedora man”, as users dubbed him, was cast as an old-school detective, an inside man, a Netflix pitch – or not human at all.
Many were also convinced he was AI-generated.
“When the picture was taken, I did not know-I was just passing through.” “Is that you?” said Pedro four days later, when an acquaintance messaged.
He said, “I was a bit surprised” when he learned that his viral photo had gained over 5 million views.
Pedro's look that took the attention of millions is not a costume just whipped up for a museum trip – instead, Pedro began dressing this way less than a year ago.
His dressing was inspired by 20th-century history and black-and-white, monochrome images of suited politicians and fictional detectives.
"People said you have become a star, and I was just astonished that with just one photo, you can become viral in a few days,” said Pedro.