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Investigations Several official investigations took place into the phenomena . The Historic Mysteries site mentions a paranormal expert , Dr Hans Bender , from Germany and the samples of concrete being sent to the Instituto de Ceramica y Virdno ( ICV ) for study . The Medium . com site mentions a Professor de Argumosa from Madrid who made several recordings of sounds within the house including a child ’ s voice . The same website describes another paranormal investigator visiting the house in 1981 and witnessing the appearance and disappearance of the faces . This investigator believed that there was a link between the faces and Maria ’ s state of mind as if she was unwell , the images seemed fainter in colour .
Theories Several theories are put forward in all three websites . Firstly , a 17 th Governor of Granada had murdered five members of a local family near to the Pereira house ; secondly , the house was close to a church and therefore probably built on a local cemetery ; and finally , the faces belonged to Maria Gomez ’ s family who were massacred during the Spanish Civil War .
Conclusion The Historic Mysteries site quotes the ICV report : ‘ no evidence of pigment , dyes or paint used , which rules out a hoax ’ ( https :// medium . com / our-weird-wonderfulworld KS 04.08.21 ). However , I was not able to find this report online or any newspaper reports that verified the stories . I did find images but they were all very different and again it was difficult to verify where they came from or their authenticity . On balance , I believe there is some truth in the story but much exaggeration too .
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