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Shirtless Man Claims to Be Tarzan, Tries Swinging Into Monkey Exhibit at O.C. Zoo...
ktla ^ | tracybloom

Posted on 08/05/2015 10:31:44 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Officers responded to the zoo — which is located at 1801 E. Chestnut Ave. — at around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and discovered 37-year-old John William Rodenborn covered in mud, according to Cpl. Anthony Bertagna of the Santa Ana Police Department. He told them he was the fictional character Tarzan.

Before authorities arrived, a shirtless Rodenborn had allegedly attempted to get into the zoo’s bird exhibit before he tried to swing into the monkey exhibit, Bertagna said.

Kent Yamaguchi, the director of the zoo, told KTLA that the man was initially walking through the bird aviary, but then walked over to a tree outside the exhibit instead. The tree neighbors the enclosure where the zoo’s monkeys are kept.

Although he was on the back side of the monkey exhibit, the primates apparently never saw him.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: napl; orangecounty; santaana; santaanazoo; southerncalifornia; tarzan
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1 posted on 08/05/2015 10:31:44 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Walk-away from a local mental health facility?


2 posted on 08/05/2015 10:34:18 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: BenLurkin

If he identifies as tarzan, then he is a tarzan


3 posted on 08/05/2015 10:34:47 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: dsrtsage

Excellent.


4 posted on 08/05/2015 10:35:06 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: dsrtsage

Anybody seen Bruised Gender today?


5 posted on 08/05/2015 10:35:42 AM PDT by twister881
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To: BenLurkin

We have transracial Rachel, transexual Jenner, why not transfictional people too?


6 posted on 08/05/2015 10:37:14 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: BenLurkin

Too bad he didn’t get into the gorilla area.


7 posted on 08/05/2015 10:41:02 AM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Farmer Dean

Well, it’s California, so he could just be an aspiring actor looking to generate some buzz.


8 posted on 08/05/2015 10:41:28 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: dsrtsage
"If he identifies as tarzan, then he is a tarzan"

Bingo!

9 posted on 08/05/2015 10:41:36 AM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: Darksheare

“why not transfictional people too?”

Well, in that case, call me Ishmael.


10 posted on 08/05/2015 10:42:39 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: BenLurkin

He’s now certifiable to vote in the democrat primary.


11 posted on 08/05/2015 10:43:08 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: dsrtsage

If he identifies as Tarzan, who’s to say he isn’t?


12 posted on 08/05/2015 10:43:52 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: BenLurkin

Call your local dentist.

Cheaper than a safari to Africa.


13 posted on 08/05/2015 10:45:19 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Using 4th keyboard due to wearing out the "/" and "s" on the previous 3)
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To: twister881

“Bruised Gender” LOLOL


14 posted on 08/05/2015 10:49:34 AM PDT by LydiaLong
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To: BenLurkin

This guy is every much Tarzan as Bruce is Caitlyn.


15 posted on 08/05/2015 10:49:59 AM PDT by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: BenLurkin

True story: our granddaughter is 4. Must have had her fill of Sesame Street, Snow White, and Disney Princess themed birthday parties. Told me on Friday that for her next birthday party, she wants “TarZAN” (strong emphasis on the ZAN) theme for next year’s. She said, “I think he’s cool.”


16 posted on 08/05/2015 10:52:38 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: dsrtsage

That right, Kemosabe.


17 posted on 08/05/2015 10:53:14 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: BenLurkin

Reminds me of the guy who jumped off of a monorail into the tiger den at the Bronx Zoo a couple of years ago. Wanted to be “one with the tigers.”


18 posted on 08/05/2015 11:01:28 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: BenLurkin; martin_fierro

"Me Tarzan, you sane."


19 posted on 08/05/2015 11:02:56 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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To: dsrtsage

I stole your line on twitter. Well done. Well done.


20 posted on 08/05/2015 11:05:12 AM PDT by SteveAustin
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