Stolen iPad Pictures From Device Allows Owner Allen Engstrom To Track Thief, 'Not Kidding, This Is Really Happening' [PHOTOS]

A stolen iPad pictures is a bizarre and amusing story as self-portraits taken from the stolen device are being transmitted back to the owner's iPhone with each snap.

iPad's owner, Arkansas businessman Allen Engstrom initially though he lost his iPad on a flight from Phoenix to Denver. However the thief's decision to upload bizarre pictures provided some comic relief.

"It's been a continuing fountain of entertainment for me," Engstrom told KTHV. "It's just like I'll wake up one day and they'll be new pictures there and I'm like oh my gosh, she has no idea."

Engstrom became aware of this issue when his son asked his wife about a strange photo that appeared in the family's photo stream.

"He said mommy, who's this? And of course she said, I have no idea who that is. It showed up on my phone too," Engstrom said. "After a while we figured out what was going on. That's the person that has my iPad."

Although it's unlikely that Engstrom will ever actually get the iPad back, he has managed to have a little fun in the meantime. He then has been posting the series of photos to his Twitter and Facebook accounts.

In one photo Engstrom writes, "Hey cool! This is an actual pic of the wonderful person who stole my iPad. Apparently the pics she is taking of herself are backing up and appearing on my phone. No I'm not kidding, this is really happening."

"I have no problem with putting it on Facebook, because hey, it's fun for me and it's apparently fun for a lot of other people and there's always the chance that someone will say hey, I know who that is," Engstrom told KTHV. "And I want my iPad back."

Based on the response from social media users, Engstrom was able to generate some leads about the alleged iPad thief. He's heard that she lives in Phoenix and her Instagram account name.

"It's pretty crazy how quickly it's spread when it goes viral. I've never had anything like that happen before," he said.

Engstrom could have avoided all of this and have his iPad or least know it's exactly location, if he hadn't turned off the device's location enabling functionality before it was stolen.