A missing boy huddled with dogs to keep warm in freezing conditions after going missing from his family home on Tuesday night in Seneca, Mo.

Six year old, Ryle Smith, sparked a massive search involving some 200 people after his parents reported him missing at about 6 p.m. on Tuesday night.

It was reported that he had wandered off with the family’s two dogs into a nearby woods close to the family’s home. At the time of his disappearance he was not even wearing socks or shoes, his mom reported.

With temperatures dropping to the low 20s in the area a huge search was launched bringing together friends, family as well as professional responders from the Newtown County Sheriff’s Office, Joplin, Seneca and Redings Mill fire departments, and the Newtown County Rescue and Recovery team.

A five hour search came to an end when paramedics found Ryle huddled under a bush with the two family dogs - Baxter, a large Boxer, and Bella, a Labrador mix - laying on top of him to keep him warm.

"I wasn't scared, I was just really cold," Ryle told the Jopling Globe. "Bella was my guard dog and Baxter was next to me the whole time."

Newtown County Sheriff Ken Copeland told ABC News, "We were real concerned about the weather. It was calling for sleet and snow later that night so we were really concerned.”

"He was wearing no socks or shoes," Ryle's mother Holly said to ABC News. "His feet were so cold that it was the early stages of frostbite, he hadn't eaten dinner, he was exhausted and hungry."

Holly Smith has said: "Complete strangers drove from surrounding cities and showed up at our doorstop. It was incredible. Most people have told me they have never seen a response like that."

Newtown County Sheriff Ken Copeland also told ABC News. "Here in Joplin we went through the terrible tornado. To see all these agencies and the community come together… it went really well."