The mother of a 6-year-old boy who vanished on a camping trip with his young brothers and cousins has spoken out.

Darius Macdougall disappeared on a walk with extended family members all thought to be children along Crowsnest Pass in southwestern Alberta, Canada.

Police have given the boy just 5% chance of survival as the hours tick by since he vanished without a trace on September 21.

Searchers have been blasting his favourite songs as they scour the dense forest, mountains, streams and beaver dams of the treacherous region. His mother Maegan Bernicky posted on Facebook: ‘Nothing of this is making sense to me. Someone on that mountain knows something.

‘A kid doesn’t just vanish and I’m going to keep pushing [police] to get answers.’

She added that her son was autistic and could fail

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