A hobo you ran over?
Seriously though, the noise under the tunnel can be one of 2 things;
1) A weak or broken tranny mount allowing the tail end of the tranny to move and make a noise.
2) The insulation mat above the tranny has sagged. It does this with age and will also close in from the sides. This allows the flex disc to contact it under NORMAL flexing of the rear tranny mount causing an odd gear-meshing-poorly type of grinding/knocking noise. Look for a slightly polished area of the flex disc for evidence of this.
Also, a bad motor mount can cause the front end of the engine to move over bumps, around corners, causing a knocking that seems to come from one corner of the car or the other as well as causing the console knock due to the tail end of the tranny being moved to and fro by the engine movement.