Paul Vigay (24 October 1964 – 20 February 2009) was a British
computer
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consultant
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, notable for work in developing and supporting
RISC OS software and named as a leading expert on
UFO
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s and
crop circles.
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Biography
Vigay was born on 24 October 1964 in Croydon. He attended the Horndean School in Waterlooville, passing 10 O-levels. His use of BBC B computers while there led to a lifelong interest in computing. He edited the Acorn
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two seeds), enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne ...
section of the Micronet 800
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User ...
on-line magazine in the late 1980s, and continued to support RISC OS users after Micronet 800 was withdrawn. He was the senior computer technician at Bohunt Community School for several years, maintaining a LAN of over 300 desktops around the school, until he worked for Argonet ISP from 1995 until 2005 when he opened Orpheus Internet to serve Argonet's previous customers and continue support for RISC OS users. He was also a skilled computer programmer, creating an anti-virus app and a lottery prediction app using statistical analysis, among others. According to '' BBC News'', Vigay had a long interest in UFOs, haunting
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s and the occult
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and first became involved with crop circles in 1990 while developing equipment to detect electric current flow behind walls and floors.Signs
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Death
Vigay's body was found off Portsmouth beach on 20 February 2009 after being reported missing the previous evening.Body found washed ashore in Southsea
Portsmouth News, accessed 2009-12-30 Police said that it remained unclear whether Vigay committed suicide or died accidentally. According to a hearing at Portsmouth Coroners Court, Vigay had split up with girlfriend Andrea Smith on the night of his death. Smith found a short note Vigay left which said "I love you," and included Vigay's telephone code and computer passwords. The British newspaper ''The Telegraph'' reported that a coroner termed his death a "mystery".
References
External links
Vigay.com
by Paul Vigay
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RISCOS.org
Website run by Vigay.
interview from June 1998
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1964 births
2009 deaths
British computer programmers
People from Waterlooville
Ufologists