A white mother-of-two who flew into a panic when she thought a black man was following her has tearfully claimed it was a 'misunderstanding' after receiving death threats. 

Michelle Bishop was jogging with her young kids in their posh Ohio neighborhood in when she became convinced that DaMichael Jenkins was inappropriately following her in his car. 

A panicked Bishop tried seeking refuge at a nearby home but was left shocked when Jenkins pulled his truck into the driveway and got out -  telling the worried mother that he lived there as his wife, Brittany answered the door.

'I don't believe that,' Bishop said, before taking off with her son in her arms and her daughter following close behind - leaving the stroller to fall off the Jenkins' porch.  She then ran around the neighborhood, hysterically crying for 'help.'

However, it turned out he was just on his way home the night of the incident, November 19, and was driving slowly through the neighborhood to admire his Christmas lights.

The interaction recently went viral after the video was shared on a community Facebook page. 

Bishop soon released an apology video to Jenkins and his wife and said never wanted to make anyone feel excluded - denying that it was a 'malicious, racial profiling incident'. 

In an interview with Fox News Digital, the mother-of-two said that claims of her being racist are 'completely false' and the result of a 'massive misunderstanding.'

Bishop further revealed that she had apologized numerous times to the Jenkins family before the video was posted but they would not accept. 

She had assumed that the neighbors were now at peace but was left shocked after the Ring camera footage of the incident was posted on a local neighborhood Facebook group - fueling rumors of her being discriminatory. 

'It is causing massive devastation to our family in every way that you can possibly think,' she said. 

'Our family, our businesses. We are receiving hundreds, if not thousands, of threats at this point in our direct messages, to our phones, voicemails calling into stores. But some of the threats that we have received have become death threats.'

Text messages reviewed by Dailymail.com revealed threats that read, 'YOU & your kids need to die slow,' and 'Bye bye CEO [laughing emoji] now your husband gonna be a single dad.'

A message shared by her with Fox also read: 'You and your children deserve to die slow and you should kill yourself or it will be done for you.' 

'We know who you are and where you live. Your husband is going to come home to being a single Dad. You should be hung in public,' another also said.  

The threats have also resulted in the temporary closure of her business, a fitness brand called The Ladies Edge.

'There are multiple that are very graphic and violent in regards to our children that I do not want to share here. 

'Our businesses have seen massive devastation, one of them having to close temporarily due to death threats, calling into our shop, saying that they are going to kill every last one of the employees. So it is affecting us in massive ways,' she told the channel between tears. 

Furthermore, Bishop claimed that she had 'absolutely' no idea that Jenkins was black and even told the neighbor at the house she ran to that the driver might have been white.

'The headlights were behind me and then the first time I looked out in the driveway at his truck, the headlights were there and I was not specifically trying to look at him,' Bishop said. 

'I was addressing the situation. I absolutely did not know what he looked like. Like I said, I thought he was a young white man. It was all a massive misunderstanding. That's all that it was.' 

After the initial incident, Bishop returned to the Jenkins' home with her husband to pick up her stroller. Jenkins's wife, Brittany answered the door and asked her why she was afraid of her husband. 

Bishop's husband interjected and said that she thought she was being 'chased.' Brittany informed the couple that Jenkins lived there and wasn't chasing her. 

Jenkins then came out of the house and said he didn't understand how he could've scared her. He then explained that he was only slowing down to admire his Christmas lights. 

'Well, you just have to understand my point of view - being by myself, I have two kids,' she said. 

Bishop then accused Jenkins of not being friendly enough when he pulled into his home.

The Bishop family awkwardly left the Jenkins' residence, but the tensions didn't stop there. 

After their video went viral, the Jenkins family was invited to tell their story on the Nightcap podcast with Shannon Sharpe and Chad 'Ochocinco' Johnson. 

Jenkins said that he was afraid when Bishop began to run and scream for help.

'At that point - now I'm in fear. I'm in fear because I know what we face as black men in America,' he told Sharpe and Johnson. 

The couple said that the incident made them feel unsafe and excluded in their own neighborhood. 

They added that Bishop never reached out to them for a sincere apology and the closest thing they received was her message on Facebook Live. 

When asked for comment, Bishop claimed to Dailymail.com, 'I have made multiple attempts to apologize directly to the Jenkins family, in addition to apologizing in the moment and through public videos. The claim that I have not offered a sincere apology is inaccurate.' 

She had previously took to her Facebook account and went live for almost a half hour trying to explain what had happened but commenters accused her of racial profiling and not taking accountability for the race-driven mistake. 

But now, Bishop simply wishes to reconcile with the Jenkins family. 

'I think what happened that night was a massive misunderstanding,' continued Bishop. 'I do hold their heart, hearing their perspective on things. I've never been in their shoes. 

'I don't know what they're up against. I can't speak to that. So hearing their point of view and how he felt, I understand that. But it really was a massive misunderstanding. I really wish, I do hope and wish that they understand that on that night I was a mama bear trying to protect my kids. 

'That is all that. It was a massive misunderstanding and if given the opportunity, like I said, I would love to reconcile that relationship.' 

Jenkins and Bishop live in an affluent community called Evans Farm in Delaware County, Ohio. The county is the wealthiest in the state. 

The median household income in Delaware County is $119,030 while the median home price is $473,000. 

Bishop's home was previously priced at $890,000.