Mystery which tried to hush up
Recall the events now far in 1971 ... One warm sunny morning Senora Maria Gomez Komar, resident Belmez de la Moraleda, a town near Cordoba in southern Spain, woke up and found on the tile floor in my kitchen strange portrait. An individual is not particularly frightened lord, it began to disturb the many onlookers who have come to take a look at the strange phenomenon. So she decided to get rid of the portrait. When attempts to clean the tiles failed, she asked her son Miguel knock it and put a new one.

All was well done, but on the cement began to appear more and more pictures. Among them was the face of a middle-aged, respectable people who have learned Belmeza, this man lived in the town, and died many years ago. He was buried in the cemetery now defunct, the site of which, according to old-timers, and a house of Maria Gomez.

Over time, "Leakey Belmeza" turned into a sociological phenomenon, which has no precedent, became a mystery that infuriated skeptics aroused the curiosity of scientists and unhealthy interest in government. Now, after almost a quarter century, we have an official document confirming the authenticity of these supernatural entities - the puzzle that are still waiting to be explained in the forgotten corner of Andalucia.

Luke, a notary from Grenada Bar Association. Uelma living in the town, is at number five on the street Rodriguez Acosta in Belmez case Moraleda induced Professor Herman de Argumosoy. Its mission - to seal the door in front of him to the kitchen, located in the hallway leading from the front door, near the window overlooking the street.

This door is sealed with a wire passing through metal washers, coupled with a seal, is used for such procedures. For greater reliability, placed on top of a white cardboard box with the official seal of the notary office Uelmy and painted lady Palacio.

Then, make sure that the door is actually locked room with plastic plastinyon hung on hinges lock mark "Fam". After that, the same procedure is repeated with a window, a red wax seal is sealed on top of which is pressed key number - 2936 DG.

On both sides of the door is attached strip clear colorless paper. This is followed by three sealing tape sealing wax: two side with the already mentioned figures, and one in the center with an image of a horse head.

In twenty or thirty notary finished the whole operation.

The kitchen was left alone, empty, away from prying eyes. It trapped "Faces Belmeza."

Twenty-six years of waiting. Happened so late in the summer the historic event. For the first time in Spain Notary used his powers to supernatural phenomena. Extraordinary decision was due to a noisy campaign that launched the Spanish press, which resulted in this persecution. At the urging of the most outspoken critics of the newspapers began to publish articles against Belmeza, its inhabitants and mysterious faces. Alarmed by the situation, philosopher and humanist, Herman de Argumosa together with the famous German parapsychologist Hans vendors and German TV crew demanded the presence of a notary to seal the premises for three months.

Over the years, dozens of researchers chasing elusive document notary, aware of the importance that he has to authenticate itself, perhaps, the great mysteries of modern parapsychology. All their efforts were in vain, the failure followed failure, and in the end most of them agreed that, in fact, such a document no one ever was. Similarly, skeptics and every day more and more dilated with joy - because their hypothesis of fraud has nothing, it seemed, could not deny, except that it was a sealed door small kitchen. In the umpteenth time the mystery was the victim of an ignorant lie. And in the first days of May 1997, climbed the entire peninsula, journalists from the monthly publication of the not learned "Enigmas" ("Mysteries") finally got their hands on instruments, numbered 00462 and 00467 relating to notarial protocol, filled the house "Faces Belmez de la Moraleda. " The documents consisted of thirty-three sheets to completely brushed aside the story of fraud and remained out of reach for almost a quarter century. In these papers indicated, all persons involved in the conspiracy surrounding the mysteries, whose purpose was to hide it at all costs. This is the story of threats, extortion, and various manipulations, which most researchers would prefer to forget. Very social significance of institutions and individuals were involved in this, perhaps, was the reason that the story did their best to cover up.

Now the first time we were able to reconstruct the development of each of the three phases of this story.

Phase 1: the reaction of the Church. House number five on the street Rodriguez Acosta became nastoyaschee.svyatilische. To his porch stretched daily by thousands pilgrims wishing to mature personally pagan miracle, which from the beginning very annoyed belmezskuyu Church. It was a young parish priest Antonio Molina first began to publicly expose the "Faces", insisting that they were falsified. Speaking to reporters from the "Enigmas," the priest did his best to prove the falseness of miracle, supposedly created by a group of local residents: a hoax allegedly began with a joke.

Decided to retouch a spot that appeared on the plate landlady, Maria Gomez Camara, his picture appeared n then in many local newspapers.

So for three days, and was born the whole "focus", which, according to the priest, so shocked the public order in a small town.

At the same Belmeze no one doubted the integrity of tenants' apartments Enchanted ", so the actions priest who stubbornly spreading his theory of a" joke, out-of-control "among researchers, fell in this remote corner of Mount Magin began to arouse suspicion. Indeed, up to that time he was known as a zealous following orders of his superior, Bishop Haeny, and nothing on their own not to. This was confirmed by the Mayor Belmeza in those troubled years. "

Manuel Rodriguez Rivas, a key figure, kotoryyostavalsya all the next twenty years the subject of intense media attention, a kind of lightning rod, which accounted for all the knockers, slander and echoes of sinister conspiracy. According to him, that the Church has planned tactics to discredit the whole story.

"All of this has failed because it could not be otherwise. The church could not accept the parapsychologists, because in that case it should have been recognized a miracle - said the mayor. - During the first six months after the appearance of the face of depleted stocks of food, drink and everything you need in the city. There were problems with the social order. When I then studied pedagogy in Granada, and my professor was just the one who in 1972 served as bishop Haeny - Don Miguel Peinado Peinado.

And it was he who called me first thing to him and said that I should end it all, and that he hopes that I will lead a group of people who will take the case. I could only respond vigorously that the phenomenon actually occurs, it is true and I can not commit to anything ... "It is fair to note that over time the representative of the Church in the city, a polemicist priest Antonio Molina, realizing his, to say , wrong, tried to withdraw from the case, rejecting of any bearing on them to this phenomenon. In the end he decided to leave the city and put on a monk's robe.

After a long search across Andalusia reporters found him in the role of a school teacher in a town near Lucena, away from the noise of the city and ephemeral popularity, which he ate in plenty in 1972 and which, as we have seen so far can not forget ... " to me no one pressed. The only thing I can say about it, it was all psychic phenomena, and other than that I have nothing to add ... "The brevity of his speech does not detract from its value.

Former priest resolutely refuses version of hoaxes and that seems absolutely incredible miracle too. The conversation could not continue.

Antonio wanted to stay away from any research, despite the fact that already contributed to the "parallel" story.

Phase 2: The Phantom Commission. Six months after the first face in the kitchen of Maria Gomez Camara civilian governor Haeny Jose Ruiz de Gordoa invited renowned researcher Herman de Argumosu visit the town in the mountains. And on February 2 by the famous philosopher arrived in Belmez. He was the first to appear on the official invitation to study the phenomenon at the place of its occurrence.

His conclusions were not long in coming, and popular newspaper "The City" has taken the information support of the story. Day after day, of all tests that Argumosa spent in the "House of faces", advertised in their daily nightly on all four sides krkcha that all was not "focus". Suddenly, February 19 in the town showed up one controversial character, psychologist Jose Luis Jordán Peña, and even led the commission, allegedly sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and consisting of experts in building, painting, chemistry, photos, etc. The purpose of the commission was clear: expose the fraud and its authors. The first representative of the authorities, who contacted Hordanom Peney was Antonio Molina. By jure assured his interlocutor that Maria Gomez showed him all was the result of a joke neighbors! Then he tried to convince the psychologist that psihofoniya, which consisted of speeches rather dramatic character and was heard shortly before Herman de Argumosoy on that same kitchen and a newspaper "City" devoted entirely release, was created using a sophisticated electronic device installed in the car three kilometers from home.

The device allegedly uttering those same waves that are subsequently turned into grotesque voices from the other world. Being armed with these stories, the psychologist decided that the middle of the rebus he restored the solution to the puzzle far. His next step was "thorough" analysis of the second image, which appeared in the kitchen. Finally, he was "fully convinced" that this face was painted with a brush of thick bristles, and black were the colors and vinegar. "Debunkers" left in various documents describing their commission, thus proving - no government commission did not exist, which, incidentally, confirmed her psevdochleny.

Sam debater Jordán Peña told reporters "Enigmas" in his Madrid home, that "the most interesting was the opportunity to determine the chemical composition of the mixture (sodium chloride), which evaporates from the surface of the limestone wall, left her a subtle pattern."

Thanks WANTED Cadiz lawyer Manuel Gómez Ruiz learned that Pena could not make a direct analysis of the image, as it is placed under the glass to the time the psychologist just arrived in Belmez, and since then no one has been removed. Finally, Mayor Manuel Rodriguez Rivas assured us that no commission sent by the government, there was no way the first thing she would present him with their powers, which, however, did not follow ...

Came to a similar conclusion and another committee organized by the newspaper "City" and led by chemist Angel Vinas. Finding absence of lime walls and floor traces of uranium and any radioactivity in general, members of the group fell into doubt. The latter indicates that the Commission had previously intended purpose: to expose the fraud. However, without evidence at hand that could be done.

Despite this, on February 25 the whole of Spain had spread sensational news. One Madrid newspaper published on its back page article "mystery over!" As a chronicle of how supposedly drawn face - colors of chloride and silver nitrate, and then irradiated with UV light. Commission Vinas inflicted a mortal wound on the puzzle. From that day, the whole country felt that the "Faces Belmeza" - is another "duck." And so it is now almost a quarter century. However, the analyzes carried out by representatives of the Supreme Council of Scientific Research in 1991 and 1994, knocked the ground from under the "scientific" evidence of commissions organized by the "city" and Peney. No silver salt or sodium chloride, no soot, no vinegar ... and no traces of painting.

Phase 3: government intervention. Few people know that in those days of February 1972 all activities in Belmeze Conducted from government offices. Pablo Nunez Moto, mayor of the District of Segovia, was the first to directly threatened the alleged organizers of the "focus". It is from this point of view, a government official met Mayor Manuel Rivas in his historic letter. In the letter, fixed at number 8700 in the Office of the Ministry of the Interior, he was threatened with a lawsuit and removing s.posta.

At the same time members of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, dependent on the General Directorate Security, presented their credentials to the mayor Belmeza and showed up at the house number five on the street Rodriguez Acosta for one of the most secret operations.

Maria Gomes recalled the experiments that provided the police, "many days they brought to the face of the glass which then aids. Finally, before leaving, they said that there was no fraud and there is no more that I will not be disturbed ... "But after this statement the mayor had to give the house across the head unit of the Civil Guard and his men to clock watch and surveillance of all" suspicious " coming and going from the house, which lasted more than seven months, "while she his mistress did not even guess. But the most important part of the operation was just beginning. Hot August 1972 imposing a black limousine pulled up to the house of the mayor.

Many residents saw Manuel Rodriguez Rivas sat down in it, and. suspected the worst.

Spread rumors: that the government takes away the mayor of Madrid, to make it completely silent. Vsamdelishny his silence on the trip brought to life a thousand different rumors. And finally, tape journalists set to the mayor in anticipation of the truth: "I was called to Thomas Garikano Goñi, who then headed the Interior Ministry. They asked me how I made it. I admitted that I did not admit that this is a genuine phenomenon, and I do not know, who would have to investigate the matter ... The Minister said that this must end, but I could not finish, and could not convince the people not from my town . I told him that he could order his authority Civil Guard to surround the city and none of it did not produce. To this the minister replied: "Have you come to meet, and you will answer for it!" These threats to the government added his voice one more vysokoupolnomochenny Jaen province, its Bishop Miguel Peinado Peinado, "Who are the most pressed on me, it's the bishop. He said that this should be done away, that it can not be, all the while lamenting how far can all make.

Even my friend Antonio Molina, who was then a priest in Belmeze when I asked him to go and see the faces, told me, "Shut up! If the bishop know that I went to look at these people, he is satisfied with us! "That's what it came down. Bishop believed that I could do away with all this, but I could not. These days, no one knew that one of the houses stood belmezskih known journalist, was sent from Madrid to subsequently send a fat account of the events with the express purpose to protect the church from liability for this phenomenon. There are witnesses, and they can still tell everything ... "So intertwined plot, which remained hidden from the public for over twenty years. Conspiracy that touched even the fate Mayor Isabel Chamorro, his last victim, as seen in the final act "of the process of likah" unfolding in July 1975 in Malaga.

There's a variety of "experts" and the media set out to demonstrate at all costs that the faces were made with a solution of silver. The role of Dona Isabel, as she herself admitted, has been reduced to curb anger opponents defended by all means belmeztsev integrity and authenticity of the mysterious images.

Wednesday, 30. May 1997, Cordoba, thirteen twenty nine. The luxurious buffet notary in the heart of journalists looking forward to Don Antonio Palacios Luka, now a successful notary, who once sealed the "House of the faces." To get to it was not easy, but the effort is worth it. Finally the silence that has lasted for twenty-six years, has been violated, and a significant milestone in the history of Spanish parapsychology overcome.