Don't read this if you havn't finished the game on it's half...
If you passed the euginius level euginius tells you about this native tribe wich had a guardian steef who was killed by some reason. But when you see the statue just before he's blown it down you'll see it look almost exactly like stranger when he'd taken of his hat.
Could it be stranger has famous ancestors?
It's terribly besides the point and I don't think the storyboardwriters had made it up so far but...