Hah! Tarzan was based on a guy here in Pocatello named Tartanolos Zanapolos, a Greek railroad worker. ERB just jammed his first and last names together and came up with "Tarzan". He was called "Tart" by the folks in town and he was tough! He used to swing along the telegraph wires to go someplace, which is where ERB got the idea for Tarzan swinging on the vines. When Tart would go into a bar down his first bottle of Ouzo each day he'd let out a yell that would drown out the train whistles. One day some wild Texas cattle broke out of a cattle car and Tart hit the lead bull between the eyes with his fist, knocking that one-ton critter out cold and scaring the rest so much the went back into the cattle car out of fear. Tart did not wear the loincloth like Tarzan did, though -- he wore railroad overalls. He was also one of the illegitimate sons of the King of Greece, and when he finally went back he was treated like the royalty he was.

Ain't nothing Chongo sayin' is true. He just made all that up.