I saw a film clip of the spaghetti harvesters plucking strands of spaghetti off the spaghetti trees. It's hard to believe anyone could be that ignorant, but no matter how dumb and obvious a hoax is there are always a lot of people who fall for it. :0)
I remember watching that on TV as a little kid, and asking my dad if spaghetti really grew on trees, and how did it get so hard like it comes in the packages from the store - he said he thought they freeze-dried it once they harvested it. I was impressed by his knowledge.
;-p