Edited sentence: Another loose term for apparition is vision or locution.As of 1st Jan 2005 there are some 52+ running apparitions around the world warning of severe impending doom.In a vision the visionary or seer sees and hears the supernatural being; in a locution the concerned person only hears the voice but does not see any supernatural being.The most famous of all apparitions is Our Lady of Fatima.The vision or locution seems to be interfaced directly to the sensory system of the seer and no one else can perceive the vision or locution.There have been thousands of apparitions since man set foot on the earth with at least 2800 documented apparitions including those in the bible.These apparitions have increased exponentially in the past 20 years (1985+), with almost every country in the world boasting of a visionary or seer