In a small Spanish village back in 1971, a woman named Maria Cámara began noticing faces appear out of nowhere on her kitchen floor. They would darken over time, transform into other people, and move about the room. But when investigators dug beneath the home to search for a cause, they found something even more shocking…

The first face known as La Pava that was cut out and framed. Courtesy of MJ2Artesanos.es

Several other faces that appeared on the family’s floor. Courtesy of Jason Roberts

Image showing the evolution of the faces by year. Courtesy of Xã Luân

Faces marked on the floor and roped off. Courtesy of Xã Luân
Episode Source Material
ACADEMIC PAPERS
- N Equals 1: Single Case Studies in Anomalistics (2019): The Belmez Faces: An Investigation of a Supposedly Strong Case by Gerhard Mayer. Published January 2019.
- The Journal of Parapsychology (Volume 86, Issue 1): Material Analysis of “the Faces of Belmez” by Gerhard Mayer. Published Spring 2022.
WEB/SOCIAL MEDIA/MESSAGE BOARDS
- Belmez faces. (website).
- The faces beneath the floor: the haunting mystery of Belmez. (website).
- These 4 unexplained phenomena will terrify you | the proof is out there. (YouTube video).
- Maria Gomez Camara, the woman of the thousand faces. (online article). Accessed July 1, 2025 via Google translate.
- The mystery of the faces of Belmez, ghostly faces that still produce chills. (online article). Accessed July 1, 2025 via Google translate.
- What’s the true face of Belmez? 10 myths and 4 truths. (online article.) Accessed July 1, 2025 via Google translate.
- Pareidolia. (website).
- English translation of “pava.” (online dictionary).
- Belmez faces: the search for proof and profit. (podcast transcript).
- Floored mystery as ghostly human faces appear on family’s floor for fifty years – and can’t be removed. (online article).
- What lies under the Faces of Belmez? (online article).
- Granada -> Belmez de la Moraleda. (online directions.)
- Ted Serios: thoughtography as timeless enigma. (online article).