Scott Carey is exposed to a cloud, while on a boating trip. A few months later Scott realizes that he's reduced in stature by several inches, although nothing feels amiss at first. He sees a health care provider, who admits that he's baffled. He also lashes out in his wife, Louise, and becomes sterile, as Scott continues to shrink, decreasing to three feet tall. He begins to fear a cure will never be seen -- since even as he's a national sensation, he shrinking.