New find! Regular oot ac camper describes wandering root AND ph despawn.
https://web.archive.org/web/20040823....shtml?id=3452
“RE: Spawn is random
Anyways the spawn occurs at the tip of the island and then wanders up and cross the top of the hill(where the merchant is)down the other side looks like a crossing guard looking from side to side before wandering back and de-spawning.”