Ecuadorian deputy Adrián Castro Piedra has drawn the attention of the paranormal community after claiming in an interview that he possesses evidence of a supposed ghostly manifestation in the country’s National Assembly.
Piedra stated that he has a video showing what could possibly be the ghost of a young girl passing through the glass windows of the Assembly, fueling the myth that paranormal events occur in the legislative building.
In an interview with journalist Juan Simón Delgado, during a conversation covering various topics, the paranormal occurrences in the Assembly were discussed. “I have the proof,” Castro said, holding up his cellphone as he referred to the situation.
The incident reportedly took place last year while he was watching a football match between Ecuador and Jamaica on the fifth floor of the Assembly. At the time, part of the communications team was passing through the area with a camera, filming a short clip, and the cleaning staff were also present. Seconds later, Castro noticed that everyone had gathered around something.
Curious, he approached to find out what was happening and was shown a screenshot in which the cleaning staff member appeared, and behind him, the face of a young girl.
“When you move the camera to the other side, you can see the girl making a movement. The face is very clear,” he recounted.
When he asked what it was about, he was told it referred to a supposed ghost that had been in the building for several years. “In fact, there’s a little scent; when women are on the fifth floor, they say it’s the girl. Sometimes they can see her, but this was the first time she appeared in a photo,” he added.
Castro also mentioned that he continued investigating and received a revealing video. “I have a video showing how the girl passes through the Assembly’s windows and moves through the offices. It’s incredible,” he concluded.
This is not the first time this mysterious figure has been mentioned. On April 7, 2021, the Diario EXTRA website published a report about the Kitu Paranormal group, formed by Ricardo Mera and Bryan Albán, who in 2016 claimed to have contacted the girl through an Andean Ouija board built in Ecuador.
According to the researchers, the spirit roamed the corridors of the Assembly’s Protocol Hall. Their experience led them to adapt the original board, replacing “Yes” and “No” with “Ari” and “Mana” in Quechua, and incorporating symbols such as the sun and the moon for spiritual protection. At the bottom, they wrote “Rikunakushun” (“See you later”) and drew snakes, an Incan representation of the underworld.
The modification was not coincidental: during the first sessions, they discovered that some spirits did not understand the language of the board, as they “spoke Quechua or pre-Hispanic dialects long lost in time.” According to the group, the adaptation allowed for smoother communication with intelligences that identified themselves as Incan spirits.
In 2021, Mera expressed his desire to return to the Assembly to investigate what had happened to the girl, although he did not want the Parliament to be labeled as haunted. Four years later, Castro Piedra’s story could serve as the perfect excuse for that visit.
Watch the video with the interview of the congressman where he makes the allegations and shows the video and photos of the girl’s ghost.
