What does しとった mean in this sentence?

[NeonLotus]

そうじゃ
さっきハズラットのやつ血相をかえてうろうろしとったぞ
奴に聞いてみたらどうじゃ

Could someone help me out with this しとった please. The text was said in response to being asked about the location of a woman who visited him earlier.

Thanks
FractalLotus

[Vanilla]

If I rewrote it as してた would it make sense to you? Its just like a different way of talking, like how they are saying どうじゃ rather than どうだ

[NeonLotus]

Thanks, I thought it might be his way of speaking that was causing confusion.

[seanblue]

To add a little more, in some dialects いる (attached to て form at least, not sure about generally) is replaced with おる. Then just like how している can be shortened to してる, しておる can be shortened to しとる.

[Vanilla]

I think it might just be と is just the contraction of てお like しておく becoming しとく whereas ている is just the い getting removed and not smushed into anything. てあ is the same thing with したげる.

[seanblue]

Yeah I didn’t mean it was the same principle. Just making a comparison via a contraction OP might already know about.