Crisis apparition, as the name implies, means an apparition that appeared when the subject is dying. For example, a mother may see the apparition of her son when the son is hit by a car and is dying at the scene of accident. Crisis apparition is in fact, the most widespread type of ghostly phenomena. Oddly, the apparition appears in his or her usual form, i.e. the recipient will not see the real situation experienced by the dying relative .The mother, for instance, will not see the son dying on the road, but only his usual self without any injury. Crisis apparition may not have anything to do with soul or ghost. It has been suggested that the cause of crisis apparition is in fact telepathy. This hypothesis holds that when the subject is in danger, he or she somehow subconsciously sends a telepathic message to other people, usually relatives or friends to inform them of the incident, or even to ask for help. This theory is possible since most subjects do not die after all, and yet the recipients claim to have seen their “ghosts”. The telepathic hypothesis also explains the case of the “living ghosts”, i.e. the ghosts of people who are very much alive at the time of the sightings.