The most efficient way to get to him is to hug the western coast of the swamp whilst travelling south, running all the way. After Nature Spirit, if players encounter him as an NPC by other players doing the quest, he cannot be spoken to, even with a Ghostspeak amulet. A message appears saying "This spirit seems too ethereal to communicate with." unless a player is doing the Fairy Tale Part I: Growing Pains; Filliman's help is required to enchant magic secateurs to defeat Tanglefoot with.