Drake Bell jokes about briefly being declared missing

Became national news when police said Bell was considered missing

and in danger after being last spotted in the area of Mainland High School Wednesday just before 9 p.m.

Just before 1 p.m., Daytona Beach police said Bell was in contact with law enforcement and was safe.

Bell tweeted: "You leave your phone in the car and don’t answer for the night and this?"

He added a laughing emoji, seemingly implying the entire ordeal was simply a mistake.

Bell is best known for his role on the teen comedy show "Drake and Josh."

“I don’t know why he was here, but I hope he’s OK,” Jeremy Perez, who works in Daytona Beach, said.