( CNN ) -- Mannequins hanging from nooses on two Las Vegas billboards Wednesday were part of an apparent publicity stunt that led to dozens of calls from drivers on their morning commute , the Nevada Highway Patrol said . The dummies were dressed in business suits and hung from signs reading `` Dying for work '' and `` Hope you 're happy Wall St. '' It was n't immediately clear who was behind the stunt . See more photos of the dummies . One mannequin dangled above Interstate 15 near the intersection with U.S. 95 downtown , Trooper Jeremie Elliott of the Nevada Highway Patrol told CNN . The other hung from a billboard about a mile from the famed Las Vegas Strip , he said . July jobs report : Hiring picks up , unemployment rises . Both highways are some of the most highly traveled roadways during commuter hours , he said . Elliott called it a `` clear case of vandalism '' and said the owners of the billboards had not sold the ad space to anyone . `` Somebody vandalized the sign to do that , '' Elliott said . Despite the flurry of calls from commuters , Elliott said the signs led to no accidents on the freeways . `` If there would have been , our involvement would be much deeper , '' he said . The first calls came in at 6:30 a.m. ( 9:30 a.m . ET ) , Elliott said . Lamar Advertising , which owns one of the billboards , removed one of the mannequins a couple of hours later ; code enforcement officials from Clark County removed the second one , Elliott said . What would be your reaction if you saw this during your morning commute ? Let us know in the comments below .
Mannequins dangled from two billboards during the morning commute . The city of Los Angeles is planning to spend $120 million on a new subway line that will run between downtown and Culver City, with stops at Hollywood Park, Century City and Koreatown. The dummies were removed a couple of hours later . The Nevada Highway Patrol calls it vandalism .