Glen Lake Swim competition features local legend and pop culture

There were 200 competitive swimmers — and two monsters — in the warm waters of Goffstown Sunday morning for the latest "episode" of the Glen Lake Swim series.

The first monster was Glennie, a serpent-like sea creature reminiscent of the Loch Ness Monster. Although it has never been studied up close, it's said to be about 10-12 feet long.

An unusually long-lived animal, Glennie may be the same serpent trawling the Piscataquog River in Abenaki legends. It’s been a full-time resident of Glen Lake since it was dammed over 100 years ago — or so the folklore goes.

The second monster is informally known as Bruce, a freakishly large shark that "terrorized" the fictional Amity Island in the 1975 film “Jaws.” Estimated at 25 feet long, Bruce — and his accompanying theme music composed by John Wil