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Green Gay Bulls' highway sign has wandered off

The owner of the Green Gay Bulls B&B in Vernon Bridge, Jim Culbert, says someone has made off with a colourful highway sign that advertises his LGBT-friendly bed and breakfast.

LGBT-friendly business owner has seen this before

Culbert says his dogs began barking around 2 a.m. When he went outside, the sign was gone. (Jim Culbert)

The owner of theGreen Gay Bulls B&B in Vernon Bridge, Jim Culbert, says someone has made off with acolourfulhighway signthat advertises his LGBT-friendly bed and breakfast.

"It was not ripped off the frame but someone took the time to somehow get up to the snaps and unhook the sign," Culbert wrote in an emailto CBC.

Culbertbelieves the sign was taken in the early hours of Monday morning. He has contacted IslandRCMPto reportthe sign missing.

The missing sign used a play-on-words to attract tourists to the LGBT-friendly business. (Jim Culbert)

The sign was posted in front of his business on a busy stretch of theTrans-Canadahighway, mid-way between Charlottetown and the Wood Islands ferry. The road is often travelled by tourists at this time of year.Green Gay Bulls is a play on words, inreference to the novelAnne of Green Gables.

"I suspect that is was taken as a souvenir, as they seem to have not made any damage to the frame that the sign was erected on," he wrote.

Jim Culbert is also a licensed marriage commissioner. The rainbow-coloured signage for his businesses has been stolen and damaged in the past. (Jim Culbert)

Culberthas operated B&Bs in Vernon Bridge for decades and has often used rainbow-colouredsignagetoadvertisehisLGBT-friendlyestablishments.

His signs have been damaged and stolen onoccasionin the past.

The missing sign also advertises Culbert'supholstery business.

"I would be happy just to get it back as it will be costly to replace and people looking for the BNB or wanting upholstery work done could miss the property," Culbert wrote.