The bushfires in Australia, the shocking death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and need we mention, the worldwide pandemic.

The last thing we need is for a haunted doll to escape her museum and terrorize people - something which China somehow managed to convinced the world that it had happened.

How the mix up happened

The world-class mix up happened during entertainment site The Hollywood Reporter's interview with actress Annabelle Wallis, Snopes reported.

Wallis, who coincidentally also starred in the 'Anabelle' horror movie, was talking about how she made fellow Hollywood actor Tom Cruise "run" on camera (which is something he hates doing) while filming 'The Mummy'.

The entertainment website even included snippets of her "escape" scenes from the movie.

It was just your normal interview - until it was translated into Chinese.

For some strange reasons, Wallis' behind-the-scenes tale was translated into two words nobody wanted to hear in 2020: 'Anabelle escaped'.

Netizens react

Of course, considering what a sh*tty year 2020 has been, news of 'Anabelle's escape' and 'Warren Museum' started trending on social media.

Some started freaking out, while some surprisingly expected this to happen because, well, 2020:

HELLO HOW'D ANNABELLE ESCAPE ON HER OWN!? like is she not a doll!? That shit ain't real right!?

— ? tay ⁷ ? •‿• (@googieshobi) August 14, 2020

"2020 can't be worse"*annabelle managed to escape the warren museum

— allie ?⁵ (@chewyeonjun) August 14, 2020

the warrens both already passed away and they were the ones keeping annabelle in their museum... so it would make sense for her to escape if no one is able to contain her.. y’all we’re fcked

— lisa⁷ (@jungkookmh) August 14, 2020

Of course the anabelle doll would escape in 2020

— edward sizzler hands (@gughby) August 16, 2020

okay i guess we can add demons to the list of 2020. couldn’t anabelle escape like idk next year?

— Lil Marco (@marconarvi) August 16, 2020

they really let anabelle escape im weak rn

— HaileyM.? (@__haileyym) August 16, 2020

what??? anabelle escape???

— JM (@mccchew) August 16, 2020

To further freak people out, a kind-hearted netizen has even updated Anabelle's Wikipedia page to include the part that she had escaped her museum and she's now on the loose:

the real annabelle doll just escaped from the warren’s museum.that’s it, 2020 is over. pic.twitter.com/n7H9VjxE3B

— sara (@saraa_oz) August 14, 2020

Did she really escape though?

Thankfully, the real Anabelle doll is still safely locked up (we hope!) behind a glass cabinet somewhere.

According to Snopes, the seemingly harmless doll was once locked up in the Warren’s Occult Museum, a place that housed some of the supposedly haunted artifacts collected by paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.

However, when both Ed and Lorraine passed away, the Occult Museum was forced to shut down in 2018 due to zoning issues.

Now, the doll, said to be possessed by a girl named Annabelle Higgins, is in the possession of Tony Spera, the Warrens' son-in-law.

So, don't worry, you guys; you can sleep soundly tonight. Just remember to check under your bed first, because, you know, 2020.