WATCH ABOVE: Police say a 36-year-old man who decided to swing from tree-to-tree with monkeys at a California zoo and declare himself as “Tarzan” was under the influence and in possession of meth. Louisa Hodge has more.
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A man who claimed to be Tarzan has been arrested after he allegedly climbed a tree and tried to get into the monkey exhibit at a Southern California zoo.
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A zookeeper called 911 Tuesday morning to report that a shirtless man plastered in mud had climbed about 20 feet into a tree at the bird exhibit at the Santa Ana Zoo.
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Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna tells City News Service that the man, who apparently was high on methamphetamine, claimed he was Tarzan and tried to crawl into a monkey exhibit.
He had left by the time police arrived, but he was taken into custody a short time later.
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