This man thought he would prove a point to vegans by chowing down on raw meat right in front of them.

The pony-tailed, vest-wearing men attracted some quizzical looks as he took several bites out of a raw steak at Amsterdam’s Vegan Food Festival.

A witness filmed the bizarre moment, capturing a shocked woman simply saying: ‘He is just eating it.’

As if his actions weren’t provocative enough, the man’s vest had the slogan ‘go vegan and die’ written on it.

His actions caused people at the food festival to complain to a police officer.

Witnesses described how blood was ‘literally dripping off the piece of meat’ as the man bit into it.

The man did not reveal either his name nor what he hoped to achieve with the protest, and left the area after about an hour.

Pic shows: The man eating raw steak in front of the vegan festival This is the moment a provocative carnivore made his point by eating a raw steak outside a major city's first Vegan Food Festival. The pony-tailed man, wearing a black vest bearing the slogan: "Go vegan and die", was questioned by cops after disgusted vegans complained about his protest. They said blood was "literally dripping off the piece of meat" as vegans queued up to enter the Vegan Food Festival in the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam. Footage filmed by an eyewitness with a smartphone shows the man continuing to chew his way through the raw steak as shocked vegans complain to a police officer. At one point, a woman can be heard crying in shock: "He is just eating it." A Vegan Food Festival spokesman said: "While it is of course not forbidden to eat raw meat, it was of course a shocking sight because there was a puddle of blood and fat. "Besides, there were lots of elderly people and children. At that time a special children's programme was going on." He added that festival goers had been shocked by the man's actions as "we are not extreme vegans". The anti-vegan activist was joined in his unusual one-man protest in front of the entrance gates by an assistant and a cameraman. The man, who did not reveal his name or what he hoped to achieve, left the site after about an hour. The spokesman added: "At first he did not want to leave because it is not forbidden to stand just outside the festival terrain. "It was a weird protest by the gentleman. This festival is about having fun and sharing new experiences." Police confirmed that officers had been called to the festival grounds but said no arrests had been made.
The man took several bites out of the raw steak in the footage (Picture: CEN)
Pic shows: The man holding the raw steak This is the moment a provocative carnivore made his point by eating a raw steak outside a major city's first Vegan Food Festival. The pony-tailed man, wearing a black vest bearing the slogan: "Go vegan and die", was questioned by cops after disgusted vegans complained about his protest. They said blood was "literally dripping off the piece of meat" as vegans queued up to enter the Vegan Food Festival in the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam. Footage filmed by an eyewitness with a smartphone shows the man continuing to chew his way through the raw steak as shocked vegans complain to a police officer. At one point, a woman can be heard crying in shock: "He is just eating it." A Vegan Food Festival spokesman said: "While it is of course not forbidden to eat raw meat, it was of course a shocking sight because there was a puddle of blood and fat. "Besides, there were lots of elderly people and children. At that time a special children's programme was going on." He added that festival goers had been shocked by the man's actions as "we are not extreme vegans". The anti-vegan activist was joined in his unusual one-man protest in front of the entrance gates by an assistant and a cameraman. The man, who did not reveal his name or what he hoped to achieve, left the site after about an hour. The spokesman added: "At first he did not want to leave because it is not forbidden to stand just outside the festival terrain. "It was a weird protest by the gentleman. This festival is about having fun and sharing new experiences." Police confirmed that officers had been called to the festival grounds but said no arrests had been made.
He did not reveal the meaning behind his protest before leaving the site (Picture: CEN)

A spokesman for the Vegan Food Festival said: ‘While it is of course not forbidden to eat raw meat, it was of course a shocking sight because there was a puddle of blood and fat.

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‘Besides, there were lots of elderly people and children. At that time a special children’s programme was going on.’

The spokesman also described the incident as ‘weird’ and said the festival is ‘about having fun’.

Police confirmed that officers had been called to the festival, but no arrests were made.

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