Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt went for a casual swim at Cheviot Beach in 1967 and simply disappeared into the ocean, never to be seen again by his entire country.

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Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt went for a casual swim at Cheviot Beach in 1967 and simply disappeared into the ocean, never to be seen again by his entire country. The leader of the nation waded into the heavy surf despite the notoriously dangerous rip currents in the area and completely vanished without a trace, prompting one of the largest search operations in Australian history. Instead of covering up this massive security embarrassment, the country just accepted that the sea had consumed their head of state and eventually named a municipal swimming pool complex in his honor. Naming a water recreation facility after a man who famously died by drowning in the ocean is a level of dark, ironic disrespect that only the Australian government could successfully pull off