A plaque in Marsascala pays tribute to Jack Smedley, an Englishman who disappeared swimming across St. Thomas’ Bay in 1956. His companion insisted he’d been taken by a ‘fish’, but over the years some have refused to believe it. Cryptically, the inscription reads: ‘Lost in a bathing accident’.
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*’A motorboat was soon readied and a shellshocked Tony Grech was ushered on board to lead them back to where Jack Smedley had disappeared. Arriving at the exact spot, there was no sign left of the teacher- or of what had taken him. Further attempts with dive teams would turn up nothing either, and two days later on the 23rd, with heavy hearts, all search efforts were finally called off…’*
[Listen here to the full story](https://www.thesharkfiles.com/ep-10-a-bathing-accident).
Considering that he was the only ‘fish’ fatality in malta, the story is a bit far fetched. Although it is plausible, I find it extremely unlikely.