UPDATE: 11:30 p.m. Saturday
CLENDENIN, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Carter Nichols was in a cabin eating popcorn and drinking a soda and that was just fine with his mom.

Saturday crews spent six hours looking for the 7-year-old boy. He and his mom were in their yard on Gabe Road in Clendenin Saturday afternoon when she turned around to do something, Carter had wandered away.

"I'm very relieved. I was scared to death because it was getting dark and it was cold, and I didn't know if he was out somewhere crying, if maybe he'd gotten hurt or someone had taken him. I was imagining everything.'

WSAZ.com caught up with Julie Nichols about an hour after Carter was found.

Crews looked for Carter by land and air.

The search was intensified by the fact that Carter has autism. His mom told search crews he wouldn't verbally respond to anyone when they tried to talk to him.

UPDATE: 10:00 p.m. Saturday
CLENDENIN, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Dispatchers confirm a 7-year-old boy who wandered away from his home has been found.

Carter Nichols was found safe after a six hour search. His mother tells WSAZ.com that Carter was found about a mile from his home.

ORIGINAL STORY:
CLENDENIN, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A seven-year-old boy from Clendenin has wandered away from his home according to West Virginia State Police.

Now crews are out in full-force trying to track him down.

Investigators say his name is Carter Nichols. He is between 4' and 4'6''. He has brown hair. He was last seen in a grey sweater with the world "captain" written on it in maroon and a pair of blue jeans.

Carter is autistic, and family says if you do come across him, he probably won't respond verbally.

Carter was last seen at about 2:30 Saturday afternoon.
He was with his mother in the front yard of their home on Gabe Street. She turned around to do a chore, and hasn't seen him since.

Officials say they've had a helicopter searching the area today. Crews are out from Clendenin, Pinch and Frame searching for Carter.

If you have any information about this little boy, you're asked to call the West Virginia State Police at 304-558-7777.