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.’

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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.

The man took several bites out of the raw steak in the footage (Picture: CEN)

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.

‘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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