2. The Bélmez Faces or the Faces of Bélmez is a paranormal phenomenon in a
private house in Spain which started in 1971 when residents claimed images of
faces appeared in the concrete floor of the house.
These images have continuously formed and
disappeared on the floor of the home.
3. The appearances in Bélmez began on 23 August 1971, when María Gómez
Cámara claimed that a human face formed spontaneously on her concrete
kitchen floor. María's husband, Juan Pereira and their son, Miguel, destroyed
the image with a pickaxe and new concrete was laid down. However, the
Pereira story goes, a new face formed on the floor. The mayor of Bélmez was
informed and forbade the destruction of the new face. Instead, the floor
concrete was cut out and taken for study.
4. María's home was advertised to the tourists as La Casa de las Caras (The
House of the Faces). By Easter of 1972 hundreds of people were flocking to
the house to see the faces. For the next 30 years the Pereira family claimed
that faces continued to appear, both male and female and of different
shapes, sizes and expressions.
5. How were the faces getting there?
Thats the biggest question when looking at the Belmez faces, how were they
getting there? Some thought that it was a paraonormal acurance when some
though it was just a joke pulled by residental kids.
6. Are they a prank, or are they ghosts?
GHOSTS
1.The house was built on a grave yard
of spanish conquistadors
2. After DNA analisys of the bodies
under the house, investigators found
that the faces matched up with old
family photos of the conquistadors.
3. The faces didnt only grow in
numbers, but there facial
expressions started to change.
PRANKS
1.The faces could be washed off like
a led mark, but they faces soon came
back, with widening eyes.
2. Gomez frequently left her house
doors open.
3. The faces only apeared on smooth
clean spaces, like the space you need
to draw.
